Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 April 2010

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 3 April 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Middlesbrough · Crystal Palace · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Crystal Palace 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 April 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from S. McDonald (15'). Crystal Palace scored through Alassane N'Diaye (44').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 54 points from 40 and Crystal Palace 12th on 52 points from 40. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Crystal Palace 13th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · S. McDonaldMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Alassane N'DiayeCrystal Palace · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Claude DavisCrystal Palace
  • 71'Yellow card · Alan LeeCrystal Palace
  • 87'Yellow card · Julián SperoniCrystal Palace

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Middlesbrough 2, draws 0, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Brad Jones, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Marlon King, Matthew Bates