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Newcastle United 2-1 Middlesbrough - February 21, 2004 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 26

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

February 21, 2004

52 156

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

Craig Bellamy

63'

(penalty) Alan Shearer

83'

33'

Boudewijn Zenden

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33' - Goal Boudewijn Zenden

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63' - Goal Craig Bellamy63

83' - Goal Alan Shearer83

85' - Substitution Darren Ambroseis substituted by Lee Bowyer85

85' - Substitution Stuart Parnabyis substituted by Stewart Downing photo Michael Ricketts

85' - Substitution Dorivais substituted by Michael Ricketts

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

18 Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

19 Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5 O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

35 Bernard

Olivier Bernard

France

B.date14/10/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

11 Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age34 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

17 Ambrose85

Darren Ambrose

England

B.date29/02/1984

Age19 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Dyer

Kieron Dyer

England

B.date29/12/1978

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

32 Robert

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Bellamy63

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

9 Shearer83

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		27	261	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		24	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Titus Bramble		22	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andy O'Brien		24	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Olivier Bernard		24	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed		34	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Darren Ambrose	85	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kieron Dyer		25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Laurent Robert		28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Craig Bellamy	63	24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	83	33	303	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

155

Middlesbrough

1 Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age31 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

4 Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

6 Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

21 Parnaby85

Stuart Parnaby

England

B.date19/07/1982

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

15 Mills

Danny Mills

England

B.date18/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

20 Doriva85

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Spain

B.date27/03/1974

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

7 Boateng

George Boateng

Netherlands

B.date05/09/1975

Age28 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

27 Zenden33

Boudewijn Zenden

Netherlands

B.date15/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Juninho Paulista

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

16 Job

Joseph-Désiré Job

Cameroon

B.date01/12/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mark Schwarzer		31	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ugo Ehiogu		31	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gareth Southgate		33	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Stuart Parnaby	85	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Danny Mills		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Doriva	85	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Gaizka Mendieta		29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	George Boateng		28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Boudewijn Zenden	33	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juninho Paulista		30	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Joseph-Désiré Job		26	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
29	M		Lee Bowyer	85	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	M		Stewart Downing	85	19	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F		Michael Ricketts	85	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Ambrose

Jermaine Jenas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stuart Parnaby

Franck Queudrue

OUT

Ugo Ehiogu

Chris Riggott

OUT

George Boateng

Stewart Downing

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

231

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Middlesbrough

15 victories

5 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 2004

Robson vs McClaren

5 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

120

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

McClaren vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 2004

McClaren vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 2004

Referee

Graham Poll

16 victories	6 draws	11 losses	Newcastle United33 matches	General total	Middlesbrough18 matches	6 victories	3 draws	9 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 31, 2007					Latest figure on April 18, 2007

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Key figures

It's the first time Alan Shearer scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 26/12/2001 (with vs )

Mark Schwarzer played his game number 10 vs Newcastle United in his professional career

Middlesbrough keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 29/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/02/2000-30/09/2000 time period (13 matches).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle United 1-1 Liverpool06/12/2003

VNewcastle United 4-0 Tottenham13/12/2003

LNewcastle United 0-1 Blackburn28/12/2003

VNewcastle United 1-0 Leeds United07/01/2004

VNewcastle United 3-1 Fulham19/01/2004

VNewcastle United 3-1 Leicester07/02/2004

Overall

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United11/01/2004

VNewcastle United 3-1 Fulham19/01/2004

LLiverpool 2-1 Newcastle United24/01/2004

DBirmingham City 1-1 Newcastle United31/01/2004

VNewcastle United 3-1 Leicester07/02/2004

DBlackburn 1-1 Newcastle United11/02/2004

Current form

Away

DBlackburn 2-2 Middlesbrough26/12/2003

LArsenal 4-1 Middlesbrough10/01/2004

VArsenal 0-1 Middlesbrough20/01/2004

LArsenal 4-1 Middlesbrough24/01/2004

VLeeds United 0-3 Middlesbrough31/01/2004

VManchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough11/02/2004

Overall

VArsenal 0-1 Middlesbrough20/01/2004

LArsenal 4-1 Middlesbrough24/01/2004

VLeeds United 0-3 Middlesbrough31/01/2004

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal03/02/2004

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn07/02/2004

VManchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough11/02/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	10	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	8
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
11	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
5	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.62	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.36
1.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
0.62	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.18

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

33	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alan Shearer	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Juninho Paulista
Alan Shearer	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Juninho Paulista
Alan Shearer	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Michael Ricketts
Alan Shearer	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Michael Ricketts
Alan Shearer	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Boudewijn Zenden
Alan Shearer	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Boudewijn Zenden
Alan Shearer	1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Juninho Paulista

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

29 v

13 d

11 l

90 gf

52 ga

Away

54 matches

13 v

16 d

25 l

63 gf

82 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

110 matches

43 v

29 d

38 l

156 gf

138 ga

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

25 v

16 d

13 l

82 gf

63 ga

Away

53 matches

11 v

13 d

29 l

52 gf

90 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

110 matches

38 v

29 d

43 l

138 gf

156 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 29, 1962
Home	6 - 1	August 29, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 14, 1931
Away	5 - 0	February 14, 1931

Latest head to head

October 18, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 05, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

November 04, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 26, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 08, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

1 - 4

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Alan Shearer	8 goals	1996 - 2001
Peter Beardsley	3 goals	1984 - 1996
Les Ferdinand	3 goals	1995 - 1997
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Alan Kennedy	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Nikos Dabizas	2 goals	1998 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Brian Deane	2 goals	1999 - 2000
Alen Boksic	2 goals	2001 - 2001
David Armstrong	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Colin Cooper	2 goals	1998 - 2001
Billy Ashcroft	2 goals	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Rob Lee	13 matches	1995 - 2001
Alan Shearer	11 matches	1996 - 2003
Gary Speed	10 matches	1998 - 2003
Warren Barton	10 matches	1995 - 2001
Aaron Hughes	9 matches	1998 - 2003
Nolberto Solano	9 matches	1998 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Robbie Mustoe	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Steve Vickers	11 matches	1995 - 2001
Mark Schwarzer	9 matches	1998 - 2003
Curtis Fleming	9 matches	1996 - 2001
Colin Cooper	9 matches	1988 - 2003
David Armstrong	8 matches	1974 - 1978