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Middlesbrough 2-0 Sunderland - October 15, 1997 / League Cup 1997/1998

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League Cup 1997/1998 - Round of 32

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

October 15, 1997

2 - 0

Sunderland

Andy Campbell

58'

Craig Hignett

90'

logo Middlesbrough MID

30' - Substitution Phil Stampis substituted by Craig Hignett30

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58' - Goal Andy Campbell58

70' - Substitution Craig Russellis substituted by Martin Smith

78' - Substitution Michael Bridgesis substituted by Chris Byrne

90' - Goal Craig Hignett90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Sunderland

Middlesbrough Sunderland

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Harrison

Craig Harrison

England

B.date10/11/1977

Age19 years

positionDefender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Whyte

Derek Whyte

Scotland

B.date31/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Stamp30

Phil Stamp

England

B.date12/12/1975

Age21 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Campbell58

Andy Campbell

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age18 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Harrison		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Whyte		29	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson		25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		29	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Stamp	30	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	58	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sunderland

Zoetebier

Edwin Zoetebier

Netherlands

B.date07/05/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Scott

Martin Scott

England

B.date07/01/1968

Age29 years

positionDefender

Williams

Darren Williams

England

B.date28/04/1977

Age20 years

H1m72

positionCentral defender

Craddock

Jody Craddock

England

B.date25/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Makin

Chris Makin

England

B.date08/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Clark

Lee Clark

England

B.date27/10/1972

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Johnston

Allan Johnston

Scotland

B.date14/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Ball

Kevin Ball

England

B.date12/11/1964

Age32 years

positionMidfield

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Russell70

Craig Russell

England

B.date04/02/1974

Age23 years

positionForward

Bridges78

Michael Bridges

England

B.date05/08/1978

Age19 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Zoetebier		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Scott		29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Williams		20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jody Craddock		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Makin		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Clark		24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allan Johnston		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Ball		32	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Russell	70	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Bridges	78	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Craig Hignett	9030	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Martin Smith	70	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Chris Byrne	78	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andy Campbell

Mikkel Beck

OUT

Craig Harrison

Nigel Pearson

OUT

Derek Whyte

Vladimir Kinder

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

163

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Robson vs Sunderland

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 1997

Robson vs Reid

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Reid

115

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Reid vs Middlesbrough

2 victories

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 1997

Reid vs Robson

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Craig Hignett scores 1 goal vs Sunderland in League Cup

Sunderland keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded running (since 28/09/1997).

Middlesbrough keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 19/04/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/12/1996-22/03/1997 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 3-2 Aston Villa03/05/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Charlton09/08/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Stoke City23/08/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Barnet16/09/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City20/09/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Sheffield United05/10/1997

Overall

DBradford 2-2 Middlesbrough13/09/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Barnet16/09/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City20/09/1997

VBarnet 0-2 Middlesbrough23/09/1997

VSunderland 1-2 Middlesbrough28/09/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Sheffield United05/10/1997

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 2-0 Sunderland10/08/1997

LPort Vale 3-1 Sunderland23/08/1997

VBradford 0-4 Sunderland05/09/1997

VBirmingham City 0-1 Sunderland14/09/1997

VBury 1-2 Sunderland23/09/1997

LReading 4-0 Sunderland04/10/1997

Overall

VBirmingham City 0-1 Sunderland14/09/1997

VSunderland 2-1 Bury16/09/1997

DSunderland 1-1 Wolverhampton20/09/1997

VBury 1-2 Sunderland23/09/1997

LSunderland 1-2 Middlesbrough28/09/1997

LReading 4-0 Sunderland04/10/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	7	5
Scoring streak	3	8
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mikkel Beck	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Alex Rae
Chris Freestone	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alex Rae
Paul Merson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Mikkel Beck	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alex Rae

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

27 v

14 d

20 l

96 gf

80 ga

Away

61 matches

8 v

17 d

36 l

57 gf

111 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

123 matches

36 v

31 d

56 l

155 gf

191 ga

Historical head to head

Home

61 matches

36 v

17 d

8 l

111 gf

57 ga

Away

61 matches

20 v

14 d

27 l

80 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

123 matches

56 v

31 d

36 l

191 gf

155 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 28, 1936
Home	6 - 0	March 28, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 19, 1977
Away	4 - 0	December 02, 1933

Latest head to head

September 28, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Sunderland

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 19, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

October 14, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Sunderland

2 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 21, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Sunderland

0 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 11, 1994 - First Division 1994/1995

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Alan Willey	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Emerson	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Bosko Jankovic	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Robbie Mustoe	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Alan Moore	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Billy Ashcroft	1 goal	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Kevin Arnott	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Melville Holden	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Alex Rae	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Darren Williams	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Roy Greenwood	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Bob Lee	1 goal	1977 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Jim Platt	5 matches	1976 - 1982
Anthony McAndrew	5 matches	1976 - 1981
David Hodgson	4 matches	1980 - 1982
Nigel Pearson	4 matches	1994 - 1997
Alan Moore	3 matches	1994 - 1997
Neil Cox	3 matches	1994 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/09/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Gary Rowell	5 matches	1976 - 1982
Shaun Elliott	5 matches	1977 - 1982
Stan Cummins	4 matches	1980 - 1982
Joe Bolton	4 matches	1976 - 1981
Kevin Arnott	3 matches	1977 - 1982
Barry Siddall	3 matches	1977 - 1981