Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018
Result
Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City
Championship · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City: match report
Middlesbrough defeated Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Milan Djuric opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from George Friend (18') and Daniel Ayala (68'). Bristol City scored through Milan Djuric (13').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards; Bristol City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 66 points from 42 and Bristol City 9th on 65 points from 42. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Bristol City 11th with 67.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (9.0), ahead of George Friend (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bristol City.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Bristol City's W-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Muhamed Besic
- 13'Goal · Milan Djuric
- 18'Goal · George Friend
- 19'Yellow card · George Friend
- 45+4'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 56'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 68'Goal · Daniel Ayala
- 77'Yellow card · Marlon Pack
- 90+2'Yellow card · Darren Randolph
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré
Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)
Frank Fielding, Joe Bryan, Aden Flint, Nathan Baker, Lloyd Kelly, Korey Smith, Josh Brownhill, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Marlon Pack, Famara Diédhiou, Milan Djuric