Bristol City 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 2 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Bristol City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Bristol City 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Bristol City defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Joe Bryan opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Bristol City's goals came from Joe Bryan (51') and Jamie Paterson (54'). Middlesbrough scored through an own goal by Hördur Magnússon (75').

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 6th on 34 points from 19 and Middlesbrough 9th on 29 points from 19. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sander Krabbendam of Bristol City (7.8), ahead of Aden Flint (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Goal · Joe BryanBristol City · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Jamie PatersonBristol City · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Ben GibsonMiddlesbrough
  • 61'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 75'Own goal · Hördur MagnússonMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Cyrus ChristieMiddlesbrough
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Korey SmithBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 6, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Frank Fielding, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Korey Smith, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Sander Krabbendam

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Darren Randolph, Fábio, Ben Gibson, Dael Fry, Cyrus Christie, Martin Braithwaite, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Adam Forshaw, Adama Traoré, Britt Assombalonga