Middlesbrough 3-1 Barnsley: result and report

Middlesbrough 3-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 10 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough defeated Barnsley 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 10 March 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Daniel Ayala opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Daniel Ayala (1'), Adama Traoré (18') and P. Bamford (53'). Barnsley scored through Kieffer Moore (58').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 58 points from 36 and Barnsley 21st on 32 points from 35. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barnsley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Patrick Bamford (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.

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