Middlesbrough 2-0 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Burton Albion
Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Burton Albion: match report
Middlesbrough won against Burton Albion 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (23') and Britt Assombalonga (60'). Burton Albion did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Burton Albion 24th on 0 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Burton Albion 23rd with 41.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Burton Albion in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough (9.1), ahead of Cyrus Christie (7.5).
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 23'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 26'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 60'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 70'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 78'Red card · Hope Akpan
- 78'Red card · Hope Akpan
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Ben Gibson, Dael Fry, Cyrus Christie, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, Adam Forshaw, Britt Assombalonga, Patrick Bamford, Rudy Gestede
Burton Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Stephen Bywater, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, Tom Naylor, Jake Buxton, Luke Murphy, Matthew Lund, Lloyd Dyer, Marvin Sordell, Matt Palmer, Lucas Akins