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
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.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Joleon Lescott
- 34'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 43'Yellow card · Mido
- 49'Yellow card · Fábio Rochemback
- 55'Yellow card · Lee Dong-Gook
- 58'Goal · Steven Pienaar
Head-to-head
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