Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Middlesbrough won against Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from George Boateng of Middlesbrough in the 11th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 51 points from 36 and Tottenham Hotspur 7th on 51 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 9th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 2 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Sean DavisTottenham Hotspur
  • 11'Goal · George BoatengMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Michael CarrickTottenham Hotspur
  • 70'Yellow card · MidoTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 4, Tottenham Hotspur 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe