Middlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Bolton Wanderers: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Martin Braithwaite opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Martin Braithwaite (49') and Britt Assombalonga (67'). Bolton Wanderers did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 35 points from 23 and Bolton Wanderers 23rd on 19 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Braithwaite of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Cyrus Christie (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-L-W-L-L and Bolton Wanderers's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · A. Taylor
- 33'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 49'Goal · Martin Braithwaite
- 51'Yellow card · Mark Beevers
- 57'Yellow card · Martin Braithwaite
- 67'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 88'Yellow card · D. Wheater
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Darren Randolph, Fábio, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Cyrus Christie, Grant Leadbitter, Martin Braithwaite, Patrick Bamford, Jonathan Howson, Stewart Downing, Britt Assombalonga
Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Alnwick, Mark Little, Andrew Taylor, Mark Beevers, David Wheater, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Craig Noone, Darren Pratley, Karl Henry, Gary Madine