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 · Bristol City · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Muhamed BesicMiddlesbrough
  • 13'Goal · Milan DjuricBristol City · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · George FriendMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 19'Yellow card · George FriendMiddlesbrough
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-ReidBristol City
  • 56'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 68'Goal · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Marlon PackBristol City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Darren RandolphMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 2, Bristol City 6.

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