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Middlesbrough 0-1 Newcastle United - February 22, 1997 / Premier League 1996/1997

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Premier League 1996/1997 - Round 27

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

February 22, 1997

30 063

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Newcastle United

Les Ferdinand

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8' - Goal Les Ferdinand

logo Middlesbrough MID

57' - Substitution Craig Hignettis substituted by Phil Stamp photo Clayton Blackmore

57' - Substitution Alan Mooreis substituted by Clayton Blackmore57

78' - Substitution Steve Vickersis substituted by Nigel Pearson78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Newcastle United

Middlesbrough Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Roberts

Ben Roberts

England

B.date22/06/1975

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Vickers78

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Fleming

Curtis Fleming

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Hignett57

Craig Hignett

England

B.date12/01/1970

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Moore57

Alan Moore

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1974

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Juninho Paulista

Brazil

B.date22/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

Ravanelli

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italy

B.date11/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Beck

Mikkel Beck

Denmark

B.date04/05/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Roberts		21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers	78	29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Curtis Fleming		28	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Hignett	57	27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Moore	57	22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Juninho Paulista		24	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fabrizio Ravanelli		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikkel Beck		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

15 Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date22/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

5 Peacock

Darren Peacock

England

B.date03/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 Barton

Warren Barton

England

B.date19/03/1969

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

19 Watson

Steve Watson

England

B.date01/04/1974

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

26 Elliott

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

27 Albert

Philippe Albert

Belgium

B.date10/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

7 Lee

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Clark

Lee Clark

England

B.date27/10/1972

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

18 Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

10 Ferdinand8

Les Ferdinand

England

B.date08/12/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
15	G	Shaka Hislop		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Peacock		29	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Warren Barton		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Steve Watson		22	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Robbie Elliott		23	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Philippe Albert		29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee		31	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Lee Clark		24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Keith Gillespie		22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Les Ferdinand	8	30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Nigel Pearson	78	33	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore	57	32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Stamp	57	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Moore

Phil Stamp

OUT

Mikkel Beck

Derek Whyte

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Warren Barton

David Batty

OUT

Lee Clark

Faustino Asprilla

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

131

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Robson vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Robson vs Dalglish

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Dalglish vs Middlesbrough

4 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Dalglish vs Robson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 22, 1997

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 4 consecutive matches without a loss (since 18/01/1997).

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 01/02/1997).

No Middlesbrough manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Bryan Robson has reached 48% of losses in Premier League.

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Leeds United07/12/1996

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Everton26/12/1996

VMiddlesbrough 6-0 Chester City04/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Southampton11/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday18/01/1997

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Liverpool08/01/1997

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Southampton11/01/1997

VMiddlesbrough 4-2 Sheffield Wednesday18/01/1997

VHednesford 2-3 Middlesbrough25/01/1997

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Middlesbrough01/02/1997

VManchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough15/02/1997

Current form

Away

DNottingham Forest 0-0 Newcastle United09/12/1996

LCoventry 2-1 Newcastle United17/12/1996

LBlackburn 1-0 Newcastle United26/12/1996

DCharlton 1-1 Newcastle United05/01/1997

DAston Villa 2-2 Newcastle United11/01/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Newcastle United18/01/1997

Overall

DAston Villa 2-2 Newcastle United11/01/1997

VNewcastle United 2-1 Charlton15/01/1997

DSouthampton 2-2 Newcastle United18/01/1997

LNewcastle United 1-2 Nottingham Forest26/01/1997

VNewcastle United 4-1 Everton29/01/1997

VNewcastle United 4-3 Leicester02/02/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	11	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	3	9
Conceding streak	5	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
5	Victories (Competition total)	13
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
7	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	6
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	50
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.17

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)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

52	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
21	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	22
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Fabrizio Ravanelli	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	Alan Shearer
Fabrizio Ravanelli	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Alan Shearer
Fabrizio Ravanelli	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Alan Shearer
Fabrizio Ravanelli	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Fabrizio Ravanelli	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	13 goals during the last 12 matches	Alan Shearer

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

24 v

14 d

9 l

75 gf

50 ga

Away

48 matches

10 v

12 d

26 l

48 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

98 matches

36 v

26 d

36 l

127 gf

134 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

26 v

12 d

10 l

81 gf

48 ga

Away

47 matches

9 v

14 d

24 l

50 gf

75 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

98 matches

36 v

26 d

36 l

134 gf

127 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 14, 1931
Home	3 - 0	August 27, 1991

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 29, 1962
Away	3 - 0	October 20, 1906

Latest head to head

November 27, 1996 - League Cup 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

3 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

November 03, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 10, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

1 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 30, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 07, 1992 - League Cup 1992/1993

Middlesbrough

1 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1996 - 1996
David Armstrong	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Billy Ashcroft	2 goals	1978 - 1978
David Mills	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Stuart Boam	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Stan Cummins	1 goal	1978 - 1978

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 Middlesbrough

Peter Beardsley	3 goals	1984 - 1996
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Alan Kennedy	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Les Ferdinand	2 goals	1995 - 1996
Mirandinha	2 goals	1988 - 1988

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 Newcastle United

Stuart Boam	8 matches	1974 - 1978
David Armstrong	8 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Jim Platt	7 matches	1974 - 1978
Willie Maddren	7 matches	1974 - 1977
John Craggs	7 matches	1974 - 1978

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 Middlesbrough

Irving Nattrass	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Alan Kennedy	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Micky Burns	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Tommy Craig	6 matches	1975 - 1977
Tommy Cassidy	6 matches	1974 - 1978
Alan Gowling	6 matches	1975 - 1978