Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 31 August 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Bristol City drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 August 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kasey Palmer opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Kasey Palmer (44') and Tommy Rowe (81'). Middlesbrough scored through an own goal by Taylor Moore (64') and Britt Assombalonga (68').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 5th on 10 points from 5 and Middlesbrough 17th on 5 points from 5. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Niclas Eliasson of Bristol City (8.3), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Kasey PalmerBristol City
  • 41'Yellow card · Lewis WingMiddlesbrough
  • 44'Goal · Kasey PalmerBristol City · 1-0
  • 64'Own goal · Taylor MooreMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Tommy RoweBristol City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 6, draws 1, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Bentley, Jack Hunt, Nathan Baker, Taylor Moore, Tommy Rowe, Josh Brownhill, Niclas Eliasson, Han-Noah Massengo, Kasey Palmer, Andreas Weimann, Benik Afobe

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Anfernee Dijksteel, Ryan Shotton, Dael Fry, Marc Bola, Adam Clayton, Paddy McNair, Lewis Wing, Britt Assombalonga, Ashley Fletcher, Marvin Johnson