Middlesbrough 2-0 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Charlton Athletic: match report

Middlesbrough won against Charlton Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (29') and Julio Arca (52'). Charlton Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 18th on 17 points from 18 and Charlton Athletic 19th on 12 points from 18. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Charlton Athletic 19th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 5 draws and 4 for Charlton Athletic.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Charlton Athletic's L-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jonathan FortuneCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 5, Charlton Athletic 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Andrew Davies, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, James Morrison, Mark Viduka, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jonathan Woodgate

Charlton Athletic line-up

Scott Carson, Djimi Traoré, Jonathan Fortune, Osei Sankofa, Amdy Faye, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Radostin Kishishev, Talal El Karkouri, Bryan Hughes