Middlesbrough 1-2 Brentford: result and report

Middlesbrough 1-2 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough were beaten by Brentford 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ashley Fletcher opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Ashley Fletcher (6'). Brentford scored through an own goal by Ryan Shotton (70') and Saïd Benrahma (73').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 58 points from 34 and Brentford 15th on 46 points from 34. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Brentford in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Fletcher of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Henrik Dalsgaard (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 0 for Brentford.

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