Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 29 December 2020
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Tuesday 29 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 29 December 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Callum Paterson (30') and Liam Shaw (40'). Middlesbrough scored through Duncan Watmore (49').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 21st on 19 points from 21 and Middlesbrough 8th on 33 points from 20. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Morsy of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Marc Bola (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 1 draw and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Sheffield Wednesday's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Middlesbrough's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 40'Goal · Liam Shaw
- 42'Yellow card · George Saville
- 45+4'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 45+4'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 49'Goal · Duncan Watmore
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)
Keiren Westwood, Tom Lees, Chey Dunkley, Liam Palmer, Moses Odubajo, Joey Pelupessy, Liam Shaw, Barry Bannan, Kadeem Harris, Callum Paterson, Josh Windass
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Sam Morsy, Lewis Wing, Duncan Watmore, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Britt Assombalonga