Middlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Sunday 27 September 2015
Result
Middlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United
Championship · Sunday 27 September 2015, 12:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Middlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United: match report
Middlesbrough won against Leeds United 3-0 in the Championship on Sunday 27 September 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
David Nugent opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from David Nugent (3'), an own goal by Giuseppe Bellusci (32') and Diego Fabbrini (81'). Leeds United did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 17 points from 8 and Leeds United 15th on 9 points from 8. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Leeds United 14th with 57.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 6 for Leeds United.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Leeds United's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · David Nugent
- 31'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 32'Own goal · Giuseppe Bellusci
- 73'Yellow card · Diego Fabbrini
- 78'Yellow card · Yuki Takahashi
- 81'Goal · Diego Fabbrini
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin
Leeds United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Silvestri, Sam Byram, Sol Bamba, Liam Cooper, Charlie Taylor, Gaetano Berardi, Alex Mowatt, Lewis Cook