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Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City - May 11, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 38

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

May 11, 2008

27 613

Middlesbrough

8 - 1

Manchester City

(penalty) Stewart Downing

15'

(left foot) Afonso Alves

37'

(left foot) Stewart Downing

58'

(right foot) Afonso Alves

60'

(left foot) Adam Johnson

70'

(free kick) Fábio Rochemback

79'

(left foot) Jérémie Aliadière

84'

(right foot) Afonso Alves

90'

87'

Elano (left foot)

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13' - Substitution Benjaniis substituted by Nery Castillo

15' - Goal Stewart Downing15

15' - Red card Richard Dunne

37' - Goal Afonso Alves37

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58' - Goal Stewart Downing58

60' - Goal Afonso Alves60

62' - Substitution Julio Arcais substituted by Adam Johnson photo Jérémie Aliadière

62' - Substitution Sanli Tuncayis substituted by Jérémie Aliadière62

62' - Substitution Darius Vassellis substituted by Dietmar Hamann

70' - Goal Adam Johnson70

71' - Substitution Martin Petrovis substituted by Elano

75' - Substitution Luke Youngis substituted by Tony McMahon75

79' - Goal Fábio Rochemback79

84' - Goal Jérémie Aliadière84

87' - Goal Elano

90' - Goal Afonso Alves90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

8 - 1

Manchester City

Middlesbrough Manchester City

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Tuncay62

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age32 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

Alves609037

Afonso Alves

Brazil

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Downing1558

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Young75

Luke Young

England

B.date19/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Rochemback79

Fábio Rochemback

Brazil

B.date10/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Riggott

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Wheater

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Arca62

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age35 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		35	445	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Riggott		27	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater		21	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luke Young	75	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fábio Rochemback	79	26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julio Arca	62	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	George Boateng		32	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sanli Tuncay	62	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing	1558	23	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Afonso Alves	609037	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Benjani13

Benjani

Zimbabwe

B.date13/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Petrov71

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Vassell62

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Ireland

Stephen Ireland

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/08/1986

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Garrido

Javier Garrido

Spain

B.date15/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Fernandes

Gelson Fernandes

Switzerland

B.date02/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Corluka

Vedran Corluka

Croatia

B.date05/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m92

positionRight full-back

Dunne15

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Ball

Michael Ball

England

B.date02/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m85

positionFull-back

Sun

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Isaksson

Andreas Isaksson

Sweden

B.date03/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m99

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andreas Isaksson		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne	15	28	303	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jihai Sun		30	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Ball		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Garrido		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vedran Corluka		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gelson Fernandes		21	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Ireland		21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov	71	29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darius Vassell	62	27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benjani	13	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tony McMahon	75	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Johnson	7062	20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière	8462	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Dietmar Hamann	62	34	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nery Castillo	13	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Elano	8771	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andreas Isaksson

Joe Hart

OUT

Gelson Fernandes

Michael Johnson

OUT

Javier Garrido

Elano

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Southgate vs Manchester City

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Southgate vs Eriksson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Hans Backe

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Eriksson vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Eriksson vs Southgate

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 11, 2008

Referee

Philip Dowd

6 victories	7 draws	7 losses	Middlesbrough20 matches	General total	Manchester City39 matches	18 victories	7 draws	14 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough3 matches	Season total	Manchester City2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
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Comments

Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 29/03/2008).

It's the first time Adam Johnson scores 1 goal vs Manchester City in his professional career

It's the first time Adam Johnson scores a goal in his professional career since the 10/11/2007 (with Watford vs Colchester United )

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

	11	Tottenham	45 pts	38 rd
	12	Newcastle United	43 pts	38 rd
+1	13	Middlesbrough	42 pts	38 rd
-1	14	Wigan	40 pts	38 rd
	15	Sunderland	39 pts	38 rd

General ranking

-1	7	Blackburn	60 pts	38 rd
	8	Portsmouth	57 pts	38 rd
	9	Manchester City	55 pts	38 rd
	10	West Ham	49 pts	38 rd
	11	Tottenham	45 pts	38 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Reading01/03/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City09/03/2008

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Derby County22/03/2008

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United06/04/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Bolton Wanderers19/04/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth03/05/2008

Overall

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough30/03/2008

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United06/04/2008

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough12/04/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Bolton Wanderers19/04/2008

LSunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough26/04/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth03/05/2008

Current form

Away

VManchester United 1-2 Manchester City10/02/2008

LReading 2-0 Manchester City08/03/2008

DBolton Wanderers 0-0 Manchester City22/03/2008

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester City12/04/2008

LLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City04/05/2008

Overall

LBirmingham City 3-1 Manchester City29/03/2008

LManchester City 0-2 Chelsea05/04/2008

VSunderland 1-2 Manchester City12/04/2008

VManchester City 3-1 Portsmouth20/04/2008

LManchester City 2-3 Fulham26/04/2008

LLiverpool 1-0 Manchester City04/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	6
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	9
18	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
154	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	88
15	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	37
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	18
9	Victories (Competition total)	15
6	Victories (Home / Away)	4
12	Draws (Competition total)	10
5	Draws (Home / Away)	6
16	Losses (Competition total)	12
7	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
52	Goals conceded (Competition total)	45
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
0.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.06	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.89
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.39

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

81	Yellow cards (Competition total)	47
31	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Sanli Tuncay	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Elano
Stewart Downing	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Rolando Bianchi
Stewart Downing	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Elano
Stewart Downing	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Elano
Sanli Tuncay	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Benjani

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

34 v

14 d

9 l

106 gf

46 ga

Away

60 matches

10 v

12 d

38 l

64 gf

121 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

119 matches

46 v

26 d

47 l

174 gf

169 ga

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

38 v

12 d

10 l

121 gf

64 ga

Away

57 matches

9 v

14 d

34 l

46 gf

106 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

119 matches

47 v

26 d

46 l

169 gf

174 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	October 24, 1903
Home	6 - 0	October 24, 1903

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	March 07, 1936
Away	2 - 0	March 17, 2007

Latest head to head

October 07, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Manchester City

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 17, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

0 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

October 30, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Manchester City

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 02, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Manchester City

0 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 31, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

David Mills	3 goals	1972 - 1975
Nick Barmby	3 goals	1995 - 1995
Mark Viduka	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Micky Burns	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Paul Wilkinson	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Bernie Slaven	2 goals	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Kevin Reeves	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Rodney Marsh	3 goals	1975 - 1975
Kazimierz Deyna	2 goals	1979 - 1979
Mick Channon	2 goals	1978 - 1978
Elano	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Paulo Wanchope	2 goals	2000 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Jim Platt	16 matches	1972 - 1982
John Craggs	16 matches	1972 - 1981
David Armstrong	14 matches	1974 - 1981
Mark Schwarzer	13 matches	1997 - 2007
Stuart Boam	11 matches	1972 - 1979
Ian Bailey	10 matches	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Joe Corrigan	16 matches	1972 - 1982
Richard Dunne	11 matches	2001 - 2007
Willie Donachie	11 matches	1972 - 1979
Paul Power	10 matches	1976 - 1981
Tommy Booth	9 matches	1972 - 1980
Colin Bell	8 matches	1972 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jamie Pollock

94 matches

10 matches

1991 - 1999

Alan Kernaghan

61 matches

75 matches

1988 - 1997

Danny Mills

37 matches

51 matches

2003 - 2006

Mark Brennan

25 matches

34 matches

1988 - 1992

Alf Wood

23 matches

3 matches

1963 - 1977

Carlo Nash

5 matches

41 matches

2001 - 2005

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andy Dibble

2 matches

89 matches

1989 - 1998

Alan Kernaghan

61 matches

75 matches

1988 - 1997

Danny Mills

37 matches

51 matches

2003 - 2006

Carlo Nash

5 matches

41 matches

2001 - 2005

Mark Brennan

25 matches

34 matches

1988 - 1992

Jamie Pollock

94 matches

10 matches

1991 - 1999

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/04/1963. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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1 1

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