Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007
Result
Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Middlesbrough 2-2 Sunderland: match report
Middlesbrough drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.
Grant Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Julio Arca (15') and Stewart Downing (67'). Sunderland scored through Grant Leadbitter (2') and Liam Miller (89').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 7 points from 6 and Sunderland 14th on 7 points from 6. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Sunderland's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 15'Goal · Julio Arca
- 28'Yellow card · George Boateng
- 41'Yellow card · Dickson Etuhu
- 43'Yellow card · Michael Chopra
- 59'Yellow card · A. Taylor
- 63'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 63'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 67'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 71'Yellow card · Liam Miller
- 89'Goal · Liam Miller
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Schwarzer, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Mido, Jonathan Woodgate
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Greg Halford, Paul McShane, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke