Aston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Aston Villa · Middlesbrough · Premier League predictions

Aston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Aston Villa lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tuncay Şanlı opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Steve Sidwell (37'). Middlesbrough scored through Tuncay Şanlı (34') and Tuncay Şanlı (88').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 20 points from 11 and Middlesbrough 10th on 14 points from 11. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Tuncay ŞanlıMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Steve SidwellAston Villa · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa
  • 73'Yellow card · Jérémie AliadièreMiddlesbrough
  • 75'Yellow card · Ashley YoungAston Villa
  • 88'Goal · Tuncay ŞanlıMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 5, draws 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Steve Sidwell, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves