Middlesbrough 3-2 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 August 2012

Result

Middlesbrough 3-2 Burnley

Championship · Tuesday 21 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 3-2 Burnley: match report

Middlesbrough beat Burnley 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Charlie Austin opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Nicky Bailey (42'), Adam Reach (79') and Luke Williams (88'). Burnley scored through Charlie Austin (41') and Junior Stanislas (86').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Burnley 11th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 2 for Burnley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Charlie AustinBurnley · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Nicky BaileyMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · M. BartleyBurnley
  • 79'Goal · Adam ReachMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Junior StanislasBurnley · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · Luke WilliamsMiddlesbrough · 3-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 0, Burnley 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, George Friend, Rhys Williams, Grant Leadbitter, Nicky Bailey, Emmanuel Andrien, Josh McEachran, Adam Reach, Curtis Main, Jonathan Woodgate

Burnley line-up

Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, David Edgar, Chris McCann, Ross Wallace, Dean Marney, Sam Vokes, Junior Stanislas, Charlie Austin, Lee Grant, Joseph Mills