Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2007

Result

Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-3 Aston Villa: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Aston Villa 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 November 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.

John Carew opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Aston Villa scored through John Carew (45'), Olof Mellberg (48') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (58').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 10 points from 13 and Aston Villa 8th on 21 points from 12. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 6 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 45'Goal · John CarewAston Villa · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · L. CattermoleMiddlesbrough
  • 48'Goal · Olof MellbergAston Villa · 0-2
  • 58'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 0-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 1, Aston Villa 6.

Team news

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

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg