Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2012

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2012, 16:20 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton: match report

Middlesbrough beat Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Nicky Bailey (45+1') and Merouane Zemmama (77'). Southampton scored through Billy Sharp (1').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 67 points from 44 and Southampton 2nd on 85 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Southampton 3rd with 88.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 4 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Billy SharpSouthampton · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Merouane ZemmamaMiddlesbrough
  • 45+1'Goal · Nicky BaileyMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Nicky BaileyMiddlesbrough
  • 51'Yellow card · S. HinesMiddlesbrough
  • 76'Yellow card · José FonteSouthampton
  • 77'Goal · Merouane ZemmamaMiddlesbrough · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 4, Southampton 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Stephen McManus, Sebastian Tony Hines, Tony McMahon, Merouane Zemmama, Nicky Bailey, Barry Robson, Scott McDonald, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Faris Haroun

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

José Fonte, Danny Butterfield, Danny Fox, Jos Hooiveld, Jack Cork, Dean Hammond, Richard Chaplow, Adam Lallana, Patrick McCarthy, Kelvin Davis, Rickie Lambert