Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland

Championship · Sunday 5 November 2017, 12:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday 5 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Marcus Tavernier of Middlesbrough in the 6th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 23 points from 15 and Sunderland 24th on 10 points from 15. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Braithwaite of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Yuki Takahashi (7.7).

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

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