Middlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008
Result
Middlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Middlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal: match report
Middlesbrough drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.
Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Jérémie Aliadière (29'). Arsenal scored through Emmanuel Adebayor (17').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 19 points from 16 and Arsenal 4th on 29 points from 16. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 5 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Arsenal's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Emmanuel Adebayor
- 29'Goal · Jérémie Aliadière
- 47'Yellow card · Abou Diaby
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Ross Turnbull, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, D. Digard, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Adam Johnson, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay
Arsenal line-up (4-3-1-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor