Manchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Manchester United defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Grant Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Anthony Martial (85') and Paul Pogba (86'). Middlesbrough scored through Grant Leadbitter (67').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 33 points from 18 and Middlesbrough 15th on 18 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 28.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (9.7), ahead of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Middlesbrough's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 57'Yellow card · Daley Blind
- 67'Goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 85'Goal · Anthony Martial
- 86'Goal · Paul Pogba
- 90+2'Yellow card · C. Chambers
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Anthony Martial
Middlesbrough line-up (4-1-4-1)
Víctor Valdés, Calum Chambers, Bernardo Espinosa, Ben Gibson, George Friend, Marten de Roon, Adama Traoré, Adam Forshaw, Grant Leadbitter, Stewart Downing, Álvaro Negredo