Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 May 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tuncay Şanlı opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Tuncay Şanlı (14'). Aston Villa scored through John Carew (57').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 31 points from 36 and Aston Villa 5th on 58 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

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, 2 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Tuncay ŞanlıMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 53'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa
  • 57'Goal · John CarewAston Villa · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates

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

Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar