Middlesbrough 0-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 0-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 0-0 Manchester City: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Manchester City 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 20 points from 18 and Manchester City 8th on 27 points from 19. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 0 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Nedum OnuohaManchester City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 4, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Antoine Sibierski, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai