Manchester City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007
Result
Manchester City 3-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Manchester City won against Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 October 2007. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Manchester City's goals came from an own goal by Chris Riggott (10'), Elano (33') and Elano (63'). Middlesbrough scored through Ben Hutchinson (89').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 16 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 14th on 8 points from 8. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Middlesbrough's L-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 10'Own goal · Chris Riggott
- 33'Goal · Elano
- 62'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 63'Goal · Elano
- 74'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 80'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 83'Yellow card · Micah Richards
- 89'Goal · Ben Hutchinson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Diego Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Dietmar Hamann, Emile Mpenza Lokonda, Elano
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