Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 February 2018
Result
Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 24 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough: match report
Sunderland drew with Middlesbrough 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 24 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Joel Asoro opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Joel Asoro (11'), Jonathan Williams (58') and Callum McManaman (90+6'). Middlesbrough scored through P. Bamford (49'), Grant Leadbitter (53', penalty) and P. Bamford (68').
Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 26 points from 33 and Middlesbrough 8th on 51 points from 33. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Bamford of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Callum McManaman (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Joel Asoro
- 45+6'Yellow card · Josh Maja
- 49'Goal · P. Bamford
- 53'Penalty goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 55'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 58'Goal · Jonathan Williams
- 65'Yellow card · George Honeyman
- 68'Goal · P. Bamford
- 84'Yellow card · Aiden McGeady
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bryan Oviedo
- 90+6'Goal · Callum McManaman
- 90+7'Yellow card · Callum McManaman
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (3-1-4-2)
Lee Camp, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Jake Clarke-Salter, Bryan Oviedo, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Adam Matthews, George Honeyman, Josh Maja, Joel Asoro
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Grant Leadbitter, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, M. Bešić, Adama Traoré, Britt Assombalonga