Manchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009
Result
Manchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester City 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Manchester City beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 February 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Craig Bellamy of Manchester City in the 51st minute.
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 10th on 28 points from 23 and Middlesbrough 19th on 22 points from 24. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Middlesbrough's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 51'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 80'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Chris Riggott, Stewart Downing, Adam Johnson, Sanli Tuncay, Jérémie Aliadière, D. Digard