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Middlesbrough 3-0 Tranmere Rovers - February 04, 1998 / First Division 1997/1998

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First Division 1997/1998 - Round 28

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

February 04, 1998

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

Tranmere Rovers

Craig Hignett

31'

Paul Merson

38'

Paul Merson

65'

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31' - Goal Craig Hignett31

38' - Goal Paul Merson38

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65' - Goal Paul Merson65

81' - Substitution Nigel Pearsonis substituted by Mark Summerbell photo Craig Liddle

81' - Substitution Robbie Mustoeis substituted by Craig Liddle81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

3 - 0

Tranmere Rovers

Middlesbrough Tranmere Rovers

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Pearson81

Nigel Pearson

England

B.date21/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Stockdale

Robbie Stockdale

Scotland

B.date30/11/1979

Age18 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Kinder

Vladimir Kinder

Slovakia

B.date14/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Mustoe81

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Hignett31

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age28 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Merson6538

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Beck

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nigel Pearson	81	34	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		30	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robbie Stockdale		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vladimir Kinder		28	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe	81	29	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Thomas		30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	31	28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		34	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	6538	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck		24	71	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

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Craig Liddle	81	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mark Summerbell	81	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mikkel Beck

Andy Campbell

OUT

Michael Thomas

Mark Summerbell

OUT

Robbie Stockdale

Steve Baker

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

190

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Robson vs Tranmere Rovers

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 04, 1998

Robson vs Aldridge

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 04, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

John Aldridge

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Aldridge vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 04, 1998

Aldridge vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 04, 1998

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Bryan Robson has registered 50 sharing points since the 31/05/1994 as the manager of Middlesbrough next after this match..

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded in Championship (since 28/12/1997).

It's the first time Paul Merson scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Tranmere Rovers in his professional career

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion29/11/1997

VMiddlesbrough 4-0 Reading13/12/1997

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Stockport28/12/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Queens Park Rangers13/01/1998

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Ipswich Town17/01/1998

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Arsenal24/01/1998

Overall

LCharlton 3-0 Middlesbrough10/01/1998

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Queens Park Rangers13/01/1998

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Ipswich Town17/01/1998

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Arsenal24/01/1998

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough27/01/1998

VStoke City 1-2 Middlesbrough01/02/1998

Current form

Away

VBradford 0-1 Tranmere Rovers15/11/1997

LSunderland 3-0 Tranmere Rovers29/11/1997

LStockport 3-1 Tranmere Rovers13/12/1997

DBirmingham City 0-0 Tranmere Rovers28/12/1997

VHereford United 0-3 Tranmere Rovers13/01/1998

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Tranmere Rovers17/01/1998

Overall

DBirmingham City 0-0 Tranmere Rovers28/12/1997

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 West Bromwich Albion09/01/1998

VHereford United 0-3 Tranmere Rovers13/01/1998

DQueens Park Rangers 0-0 Tranmere Rovers17/01/1998

VTranmere Rovers 1-0 Sunderland24/01/1998

DTranmere Rovers 0-0 Manchester City31/01/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	6	5
Conceding streak	2	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	27
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
16	Victories (Competition total)	6
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	12
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

46	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.04
1.85	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.77
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.26
0.69	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.54

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (5 times)

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
3	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mikkel Beck	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Mikkel Beck	10 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)	-
Nigel Pearson	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

4 d

4 l

15 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

11 gf

13 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

13 matches

4 v

4 d

5 l

14 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	September 13, 1961
Home	1 - 0	September 17, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 04, 1994
Away	1 - 0	October 08, 1994

Latest head to head

August 30, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Tranmere Rovers

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

May 07, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Tranmere Rovers

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 08, 1994 - First Division 1994/1995

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Tranmere Rovers logo Tranmere Rovers

April 04, 1994 - First Division 1993/1994

Tranmere Rovers

4 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 29, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Middlesbrough

0 - 0

Tranmere Rovers logo Tranmere Rovers

Best historical scorers against Tranmere Rovers

	Mikkel Beck	1 goal	1997 - 1997
	Robbie Mustoe	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tranmere Rovers

Mikkel Beck	1 match	1997 - 1997
Andy Townsend	1 match	1997 - 1997
Steve Vickers	1 match	1997 - 1997
Vladimir Kinder	1 match	1997 - 1997
Emerson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Robbie Mustoe	1 match	1997 - 1997