Middlesbrough 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2004
Result
Middlesbrough 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 8 May 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Middlesbrough 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 May 2004. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Massimo Maccarone (8') and Szilard Nemeth (32'). Manchester City scored through Paulo Wanchope Watson (35').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 45 points from 36 and Manchester City 17th on 38 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Manchester City 16th with 41.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 0 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Manchester City's W-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 32'Goal · Szilard Nemeth
- 35'Goal · Paulo Wanchope Watson
- 83'Yellow card · Michael Tarnat
- 88'Yellow card · Szilard Nemeth
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up
Sylvain Distin, Michael Tarnat, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Paulo Wanchope Watson, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt