Leeds United 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Sunday 19 November 2017
Result
Leeds United 2-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Sunday 19 November 2017, 13:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leeds United 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Leeds United won against Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 19 November 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Pablo Hernández opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Pablo Hernández (24') and Ezgjan Alioski (54'). Middlesbrough scored through Britt Assombalonga (77', penalty).
Discipline: Leeds United received 5 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 11th on 23 points from 16 and Middlesbrough 6th on 26 points from 16. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Hernández of Leeds United (8.9), ahead of Stewart Downing (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 30'Yellow card · George Friend
- 33'Yellow card · G. Berardi
- 34'Yellow card · Pontus Jansson
- 54'Goal · Ezgjan Alioski
- 61'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 76'Yellow card · L. Ayling
- 77'Penalty goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 85'Yellow card · Britt Assombalonga
- 87'Yellow card · Kalvin Phillips
- 90+3'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andy Lonergan, Luke Ayling, Liam Cooper, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Ezgjan Alioski, Pablo Hernández, Samu Saiz, Kalvin Phillips, Ronaldo Vieira, Kemar Roofe
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Connor Roberts, Grant Leadbitter, Martin Braithwaite, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Marcus Tavernier, Britt Assombalonga