Middlesbrough 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Middlesbrough 1-2 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Middlesbrough 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report
Middlesbrough lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Daniel Ayala (38'). Crystal Palace scored through Christian Benteke (16') and Wilfried Zaha (47').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 5 points from 3 and Crystal Palace 17th on 1 point from 3. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 28 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Puncheon of Crystal Palace (7.8), ahead of Yuki Takahashi (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 0 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 38'Goal · Daniel Ayala
- 47'Goal · Wilfried Zaha
- 60'Yellow card · G. Ramírez
- 82'Yellow card · Joel Ward
- 90+5'Yellow card · Wilfried Zaha
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Víctor Valdés, Antonio Barragán, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, George Friend, Adam Clayton, Adam Forshaw, Cristhian Stuani, Viktor Fischer, Stewart Downing, Álvaro Negredo
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Martin Kelly, James McArthur, Joe Ledley, Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Andros Townsend, Christian Benteke