Brentford 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Brentford 1-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Brentford · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Brentford 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Brentford drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Adama Traoré opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Brentford's goal came from Lewis MacLeod (34'). Middlesbrough scored through Adama Traoré (21').

Discipline: Brentford received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 53 points from 37 and Middlesbrough 6th on 61 points from 37. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Lewis MacLeod (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Ryan WoodsBrentford
  • 21'Goal · Adama TraoréMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 34'Goal · Lewis MacLeodBrentford · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Ben GibsonMiddlesbrough
  • 53'Yellow card · Henrik DalsgaardBrentford
  • 62'Yellow card · Muhamed BesicMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · R. SawyersBrentford
  • 90'Yellow card · George FriendMiddlesbrough
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Chris MephamBrentford

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Brentford 0, draws 2, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Henrik Dalsgaard, Chris Mepham, Lewis MacLeod, Florian Jozefzoon, Ollie Watkins, Islom Ismoilov, Ryan Woods, Neal Maupay

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré