Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 September 2007

Result

Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 30 September 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Everton 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Everton won against Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 September 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Joleon Lescott opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Everton's goals came from Joleon Lescott (7') and Steven Pienaar (58'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 11th on 10 points from 7 and Middlesbrough 13th on 8 points from 7. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 4 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Joleon LescottEverton · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 43'Yellow card · MidoMiddlesbrough
  • 49'Yellow card · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough
  • 55'Yellow card · Lee Dong-GookMiddlesbrough
  • 58'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 4, draws 4, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

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

Mark Schwarzer, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Mido, Jonathan Woodgate