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Middlesbrough 3-1 Stockport - December 28, 1997 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Journée 25

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

December 28, 1997

3 - 1

Stockport

Craig Hignett

10'

Mikkel Beck

66'

Mikkel Beck

89'

logo Middlesbrough MID

10' - Goal Craig Hignett10

logo Middlesbrough MID

66' - Goal Mikkel Beck66

89' - Goal Mikkel Beck89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

3 - 1

Stockport

Middlesbrough Stockport

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

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

Kinder

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Hignett10

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

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

Merson

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stamp

Phil Stamp

England

B.date12/12/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Beck6689

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson		34	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	10	27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		29	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson		29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Stamp		22	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck	6689	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Team line-up not yet available

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

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

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

181

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Robson vs Stockport

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Robson vs Megson

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Megson

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Megson vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

Megson vs Robson

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 1997

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Key figures

Middlesbrough keeps its 10 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 15/10/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/03/1995-09/12/1995 time period (16 matches).

Stockport keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 15/11/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/08/1997-04/11/1997 time period (17 matches).

Middlesbrough keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 06/12/1997).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth05/11/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Queens Park Rangers08/11/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Bolton Wanderers18/11/1997

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Nottingham Forest26/11/1997

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion29/11/1997

VMiddlesbrough 4-0 Reading13/12/1997

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion29/11/1997

DIpswich Town 1-1 Middlesbrough02/12/1997

VBury 0-1 Middlesbrough06/12/1997

VMiddlesbrough 4-0 Reading13/12/1997

LManchester City 2-0 Middlesbrough20/12/1997

VHuddersfield Town 0-1 Middlesbrough26/12/1997

Current form

Away

LSheffield United 5-1 Stockport21/10/1997

VIpswich Town 0-2 Stockport04/11/1997

LReading 1-0 Stockport08/11/1997

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Stockport22/11/1997

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Stockport06/12/1997

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Stockport20/12/1997

Overall

VCrewe Alexandra 0-1 Stockport22/11/1997

VStockport 3-1 Manchester City29/11/1997

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 Stockport06/12/1997

VStockport 3-1 Tranmere Rovers13/12/1997

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Stockport20/12/1997

VStockport 3-0 Port Vale26/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	6	9
Scoring streak	3	7
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
14	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (5 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Mikkel Beck	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Mikkel Beck	8 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)	-
Mikkel Beck	8 goals during the last 13 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

15 gf

2 ga

Away

6 matches

4 v

2 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Total

12 matches

8 v

3 d

1 l

25 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

0 v

2 d

4 l

4 gf

10 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

2 gf

15 ga

Total

12 matches

1 v

3 d

8 l

6 gf

25 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 04, 1902
Home	6 - 0	January 04, 1902

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 12, 1997
Away	1 - 0	March 12, 1997

Latest head to head

September 02, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Stockport

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 12, 1997 - League Cup 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Stockport

February 26, 1997 - League Cup 1996/1997

Stockport

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

January 08, 1938 - FA Cup 1937/1938

Middlesbrough

2 - 0

Stockport

February 20, 1926 - Division 2 1925/1926

Middlesbrough

4 - 0

Stockport

Best historical scorers against Stockport

Mikkel Beck	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Paul Merson	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Sean Connelly

1 goal

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stockport

Emerson	3 matches	1997 - 1997
Mikkel Beck	3 matches	1997 - 1997
Curtis Fleming	3 matches	1997 - 1997
Robbie Mustoe	3 matches	1997 - 1997
Gianluca Festa	3 matches	1997 - 1997
Neil Cox	2 matches	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/02/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

John Jeffers	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Paul Jones	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Cavaco	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Mike Flynn	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Chris Marsden	2 matches	1997 - 1997
Tom Bennett	2 matches	1997 - 1997