Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 20 November 2016
Result
Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 20 November 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea: match report
Middlesbrough lost to Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 November 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Diego Costa of Chelsea in the 41st minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 11 points from 11 and Chelsea 3rd on 25 points from 11. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 28 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eden Hazard of Chelsea (8.7), ahead of Gary Cahill (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 8 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-W-D-L-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 41'Goal · Diego Costa
- 51'Yellow card · César Azpilicueta
- 64'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 73'Yellow card · N'Golo Kanté
- 74'Yellow card · C. Chambers
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-5-1)
Víctor Valdés, Antonio Barragán, Calum Chambers, Ben Gibson, Fábio, Adama Traoré, Marten de Roon, Adam Clayton, Adam Forshaw, Gastón Ramírez, Álvaro Negredo
Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard