Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Middlesbrough won against Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

S. Hines opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from S. Hines (41') and Merouane Zemmama (52'). Crystal Palace scored through Jermaine Easter (56', penalty).

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 3 points from 2 and Crystal Palace 24th on 0 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Crystal Palace 4th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · S. HinesMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 52'Goal · Merouane ZemmamaMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 56'Penalty goal · Jermaine EasterCrystal Palace · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Aaron MartinCrystal Palace
  • 89'Yellow card · Adam ReachMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 2, Crystal Palace 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, George Friend, Rhys Williams, Sebastian Tony Hines, Merouane Zemmama, Grant Leadbitter, Josh McEachran, Adam Reach, Ishmael Miller, Faris Haroun

Crystal Palace line-up

Julián Speroni, Aaron Martin, Darcy Blake, Peter Ramage, Omar Kossoko, Owen Garvan, Mile Jedinak, Wilfried Zaha, Jonathan Parr, Kagisho Evidence Dikgacoi, Jermaine Easter