Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003

Result

Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Middlesbrough 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 November 2003. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Boudewijn Zenden opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Aston Villa did not score. Middlesbrough scored through Boudewijn Zenden (30') and Michael Ricketts (49', penalty).

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 11 points from 11 and Middlesbrough 14th on 11 points from 11. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 56 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-D-D-D-L and Middlesbrough's W-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Boudewijn ZendenMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 49'Penalty goal · Michael RickettsMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Dorival Guidoni JúniorMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Yellow card · Jonathan GreeningMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 3, Middlesbrough 1.