Middlesbrough 2-2 Brentford: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-2 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough drew with Brentford 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Yoann Barbet opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Martin Braithwaite (68') and Fábio (76'). Brentford scored through Yoann Barbet (29') and O. Watkins (72').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 10th on 15 points from 10 and Brentford 20th on 8 points from 10. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Brentford 9th with 69.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Brentford (8.2), ahead of Fábio (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brentford.

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