Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall

Championship · Saturday 28 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Millwall · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall: match report

Middlesbrough beat Millwall 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (11') and Jonathan Howson (66'). Millwall did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Millwall received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 72 points from 44 and Millwall 8th on 69 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Millwall 8th with 72.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Millwall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of M. Bešić (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 4 for Millwall.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Shaun WilliamsMillwall
  • 47'Yellow card · George FriendMiddlesbrough
  • 66'Goal · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Muhamed BesicMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · Shaun HutchinsonMillwall
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan TunnicliffeMillwall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 1, Millwall 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Britt Assombalonga, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré

Millwall line-up (4-4-2)

Jordan Archer, James Meredith, Shaun Hutchinson, Mahlon Romeo, Jake Cooper, Shaun Williams, Jed Wallace, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Ben Marshall, L. Gregory, Steve Morison