| 2¹ | SANSONE given a yellow card for a bad foul on TRAORÉ. |
| 6¹ | COOK booked for a bad tackle. |
| 8¹ | BURCHALL stroked a simple chance past the righthand post. |
| 13¹ | BOLA booked for an off-the-ball incident. |
| 16¹ | A great save prevented KAMARA from scoring a great goal. |
| 17¹ | MAVIDIDI ran onto a great ball from COOK but blasted his shot wide of the goal. |
| 23¹ | A shot from SAVILLE held no problem for the 'keeper. |
| 24¹ | TRAORÉ headed wide. |
| 26¹ | The referee books SAVILLE. |
| 30¹ | A high tackle on MALACIA by VAN DE VEN results in a booking. |
| 37¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in IMMOBILE driving the ball over. |
| 41¹ | BURCHALL receives a yellow card by the ref. |
| 47¹ | CASH beat a number of Middlesbrough players and blasted a shot inches over. |
| 1² | The Aston Villa 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from IMMOBILE. |
| 6² | GOAL!! A great dribble from SAVILLE gave COOK space on the right and IMMOBILE poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Middlesbrough)| 14² | The ref gave BOLA a second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on DOUGLAS LUIZ. | | 18² | MAVIDIDI hit a right foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area. | | 22² | GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed KAMARA to nudge the ball to DOUGLAS LUIZ who fired a looping shot into the net. (1-1)| 26² | BURCHALL beat HOWSON and blasted the ball to KAMARA who blasted his shot wide. | | 33² | GOAL!! A patient Aston Villa side were rewarded with an accurate shot from MALACIA. (2-1 Aston Villa)| 37² | ARCHER clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Middlesbrough 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. | | 37² | GOAL!! MALACIA drove an amazing shot against the post with TRAORÉ tapping in the rebound. (3-1 Aston Villa) | | | |