Middlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004
Result
Middlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 18 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Aston Villa 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 December 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jerrel Hasselbaink opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Jerrel Hasselbaink (20'), Joseph-Desire Job (68') and Michael Reiziger (88'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 29 points from 17 and Aston Villa 7th on 25 points from 17. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Aston Villa's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Jerrel Hasselbaink
- 45'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 68'Goal · Joseph-Desire Job
- 88'Goal · Michael Reiziger
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango