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Middlesbrough 3-0 QPR - November 08, 1997 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 17

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

November 08, 1997

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

QPR

Mikkel Beck

22'

Paul Merson

37'

Anthony Ormerod

90'

logo Middlesbrough MID

22' - Goal Mikkel Beck22

37' - Goal Paul Merson37

logo Middlesbrough MID

65' - Substitution Andy Campbellis substituted by Anthony Ormerod65

90' - Goal Anthony Ormerod90

logo Queens Park Rangers QPR

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

QPR

Middlesbrough QPR

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Whyte

Derek Whyte

Scotland

B.date31/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Pearson

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Emerson

Brazil

B.date12/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hignett

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Maddison

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Merson37

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Campbell65

Andy Campbell

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age18 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Beck22

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Derek Whyte		29	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		34	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emerson		25	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett		27	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	37	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	65	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	22	24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Anthony Ormerod	9065	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Derek Whyte

Curtis Fleming

OUT

Andy Campbell

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

170

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Robson vs QPR

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 08, 1997

Robson vs Houston

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 08, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Stewart Houston

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Houston vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 08, 1997

Houston vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 08, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Paul Merson scores a goal vs Queens Park Rangers in his professional career since the 26/12/1995 (with Arsenal vs Queens Park Rangers )

Paul Merson scored 8 goals vs Queens Park Rangers in his professional career

QPR keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 27/09/1997).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Birmingham City20/09/1997

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Sheffield United05/10/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Sunderland15/10/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Port Vale25/10/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Huddersfield Town28/10/1997

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth05/11/1997

Overall

DCrewe Alexandra 1-1 Middlesbrough18/10/1997

VOxford United 1-4 Middlesbrough21/10/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Port Vale25/10/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Huddersfield Town28/10/1997

LWolverhampton 1-0 Middlesbrough01/11/1997

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth05/11/1997

Current form

Away

VReading 1-2 Queens Park Rangers02/09/1997

VCrewe Alexandra 2-3 Queens Park Rangers20/09/1997

LPort Vale 2-0 Queens Park Rangers27/09/1997

DSheffield United 2-2 Queens Park Rangers18/10/1997

DBury 1-1 Queens Park Rangers21/10/1997

LSwindon Town 3-1 Queens Park Rangers05/11/1997

Overall

LQueens Park Rangers 2-4 Charlton04/10/1997

DSheffield United 2-2 Queens Park Rangers18/10/1997

DBury 1-1 Queens Park Rangers21/10/1997

VQueens Park Rangers 2-0 Manchester City26/10/1997

DQueens Park Rangers 1-1 Birmingham City01/11/1997

LSwindon Town 3-1 Queens Park Rangers05/11/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	7	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	10	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	17
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.13

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Mikkel Beck	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Mikkel Beck	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Paul Merson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Paul Merson	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Andy Townsend	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

8 v

3 d

5 l

24 gf

19 ga

Away

16 matches

0 v

10 d

6 l

14 gf

30 ga

Total

32 matches

8 v

13 d

11 l

38 gf

49 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

6 v

10 d

0 l

30 gf

14 ga

Away

16 matches

5 v

3 d

8 l

19 gf

24 ga

Total

32 matches

11 v

13 d

8 l

49 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 26, 1970
Home	6 - 2	September 26, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 05, 1983
Away	2 - 0	September 16, 1978

Latest head to head

December 02, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

QPR

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 21, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

QPR

January 09, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

QPR

September 19, 1992 - Premier League 1992/1993

QPR

3 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 15, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

QPR

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against QPR

David Hodgson	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Craig Hignett	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Chris Morris	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Peter Brine	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Alan Kernaghan	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Alan Foggon	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Don Givens	3 goals	1974 - 1976
Stan Bowles	3 goals	1974 - 1976
Martyn Busby	2 goals	1977 - 1978
Don Masson	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Gerry Francis	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Les Ferdinand	2 goals	1992 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs QPR

David Armstrong	10 matches	1974 - 1979
Stuart Boam	10 matches	1974 - 1979
John Craggs	8 matches	1974 - 1979
David Mills	8 matches	1975 - 1978
Graeme Souness	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Anthony McAndrew	7 matches	1976 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Ian Gillard	9 matches	1974 - 1979
Stan Bowles	9 matches	1974 - 1979
Phil Parkes	9 matches	1974 - 1979
John Hollins	8 matches	1975 - 1979
Don Givens	7 matches	1974 - 1977
David Clement	7 matches	1974 - 1979