Middlesbrough 3-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 6 December 2004

Result

Middlesbrough 3-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Monday 6 December 2004, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 3-2 Manchester City: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Manchester City 3-2 in the Premier League on Monday 6 December 2004. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mark Viduka opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Mark Viduka (9'), Mark Viduka (54') and Jerrel Hasselbaink (65'). Manchester City scored through Robbie Fowler (39') and Shaun Wright-Phillips (80').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 25 points from 15 and Manchester City 11th on 20 points from 15. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 0 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Manchester City's W-W-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 32'Yellow card · Danny MillsManchester City
  • 39'Goal · Robbie FowlerManchester City · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Mark VidukaMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Jerrel HasselbainkMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Stephen JordanManchester City
  • 80'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 3-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 3, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jon Macken, David James, Robbie Fowler, Antoine Sibierski, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt