Middlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Manchester City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Afonso Alves Martins Junior opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Afonso Alves Martins Junior (52') and Gary O'Neil (90'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 10 points from 9 and Manchester City 8th on 13 points from 9. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 44'Yellow card · Stephen IrelandManchester City
  • 52'Goal · Afonso Alves Martins JuniorMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 84'Yellow card · RobinhoManchester City
  • 90'Goal · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 2, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai