Middlesbrough 2-1 Luton Town: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Luton Town

Championship · Saturday 5 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough beat Luton Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 March 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Paddy McNair opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Paddy McNair (17', penalty) and Duncan Watmore (87'). Luton Town scored through Harry Cornick (90+6').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Luton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 52 points from 33 and Luton Town 7th on 54 points from 33. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Luton Town 6th with 76.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Luton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaiah Jones of Middlesbrough (7.7), ahead of Harry Cornick (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 2 draws and 2 for Luton Town.

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