Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 12 March 2008

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Wednesday 12 March 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Aston Villa drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 12 March 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Stewart Downing opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Gareth Barry (73', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Stewart Downing (23').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 48 points from 28 and Middlesbrough 12th on 29 points from 28. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Mohamed ShawkyMiddlesbrough
  • 73'Penalty goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · MidoMiddlesbrough
  • 73'Yellow card · Mark SchwarzerMiddlesbrough
  • 82'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Robert HuthMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Shaun Maloney

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate