Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012
Result
Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace
Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Middlesbrough won against Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
S. Hines opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from S. Hines (41') and Merouane Zemmama (52'). Crystal Palace scored through Jermaine Easter (56', penalty).
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 3 points from 2 and Crystal Palace 24th on 0 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Crystal Palace 4th with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 41'Goal · S. Hines
- 43'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
- 52'Goal · Merouane Zemmama
- 56'Penalty goal · Jermaine Easter
- 88'Yellow card · Aaron Martin
- 89'Yellow card · Adam Reach
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up
Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, George Friend, Rhys Williams, Sebastian Tony Hines, Merouane Zemmama, Grant Leadbitter, Josh McEachran, Adam Reach, Ishmael Miller, Faris Haroun
Crystal Palace line-up
Julián Speroni, Aaron Martin, Darcy Blake, Peter Ramage, Omar Kossoko, Owen Garvan, Mile Jedinak, Wilfried Zaha, Jonathan Parr, Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Jermaine Easter