Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 April 2004

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 24 April 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 April 2004. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joseph-Desire Job opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Joseph-Desire Job (41'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (45') and Peter Crouch (89').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 11th on 45 points from 34 and Aston Villa 6th on 49 points from 34. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 56.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 41'Goal · Joseph-Desire JobMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 1-1
  • 57'Red card · Nolberto Albino Solano TodcoAston Villa
  • 73'Yellow card · Massimo MaccaroneMiddlesbrough
  • 89'Goal · Peter CrouchAston Villa · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 3, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Franck Queudrue, Ugo Ehiogu, Chris Riggott, Danny Mills, George Boateng, Juninho, Gaizka Mendieta, Boudewijn Zenden, Massimo Maccarone, Joseph-Desire Job

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango, Olof Mellberg