Middlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Championship · Saturday 10 December 2011
Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Championship · Saturday 10 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions
Middlesbrough 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 10 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from S. McDonald of Middlesbrough in the 22nd minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 35 points from 20 and Brighton & Hove Albion 7th on 32 points from 20. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th with 66.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · S. McDonald
- 24'Yellow card · Kazenga LuaLua
- 34'Yellow card · B. Robson
- 42'Yellow card · Craig Noone
- 51'Yellow card · Tony McMahon
- 52'Yellow card · Mauricio Taricco
- 69'Yellow card · James Freitas
- 86'Yellow card · Bartholomew Ogbeche
- 90+4'Yellow card · Romain Vincelot
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up
Jason Steele, Joe Bennett, Rhys Williams, Tony McMahon, Merouane Zemmama, Nicky Bailey, Barry Robson, Julio Arca, Scott McDonald, Marvin Emnes, Matthew Bates
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up
Casper Ankergren, Gordon Greer, Lewis Dunk, Mauricio Taricco, James Freitas, Matthew Sparrow, Romain Vincelot, Liam Bridcutt, Craig Noone, Craig Mackail-Smith, Kazenga LuaLua