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.
Key events
- 54'Yellow card · Tosin Adarabioyo
- 58'Yellow card · Daniel Ayala
- 65'Yellow card · Jay Rodríguez
- 72'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 90+1'Goal · Daniel Ayala
- 90+4'Yellow card · Muhamed Besic
Head-to-head
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