Middlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Championship · Friday 24 August 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Championship · Friday 24 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · West Bromwich Albion · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Middlesbrough defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 24 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Daniel Ayala of Middlesbrough in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and West Bromwich Albion 7th on 7 points from 4. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and West Bromwich Albion 4th with 83.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yuki Takahashi of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Darren Randolph (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 4 for West Bromwich Albion.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Yellow card · Tosin AdarabioyoWest Bromwich Albion
  • 58'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 65'Yellow card · Jay RodríguezWest Bromwich Albion
  • 72'Yellow card · Ryan ShottonMiddlesbrough
  • 90+1'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Muhamed BesicMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 3, West Bromwich Albion 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Darren Randolph, Yuki Takahashi, Aden Flint, Dael Fry, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Howson, Adam Clayton, Stewart Downing, George Friend, Britt Assombalonga, Martin Braithwaite

West Bromwich Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Sam Johnstone, Tosin Adarabioyo, Ahmed Hegazy, Kyle Bartley, Matt Phillips, Jake Livermore, Chris Brunt, Kieran Gibbs, Harvey Barnes, Jay Rodríguez, Dwight Gayle