Middlesbrough 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Doncaster Rovers
Championship · Saturday 22 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Middlesbrough won against Doncaster Rovers 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 22 August 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sanli Tuncay opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Sanli Tuncay (17') and L. Lita (71'). Doncaster Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Doncaster Rovers 14th on 3 points from 3. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Doncaster Rovers 12th with 60.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-D and Doncaster Rovers's D-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Neil Sullivan
- 17'Goal · Sanli Tuncay
- 61'Yellow card · Julio Arca
- 71'Goal · L. Lita
- 71'Yellow card · L. Lita
Team news
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates