Manchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2003

Result

Manchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester City 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Manchester City lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 November 2003. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal was an own goal by Sun Jihai in the 30th minute, credited to Middlesbrough.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 18 points from 13 and Middlesbrough 14th on 15 points from 13. Manchester City went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Own goal · Sun JihaiMiddlesbrough · 0-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 3, Middlesbrough 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Paulo Wanchope Watson, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton, Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard