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
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.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 29'Yellow card · Mohamed Shawky
- 73'Penalty goal · Gareth Barry
- 73'Yellow card · Mido
- 73'Yellow card · Mark Schwarzer
- 82'Yellow card · George Boateng
- 90'Yellow card · Robert Huth
Head-to-head
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