Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 April 2018
Result
Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall
Championship · Saturday 28 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 2-0 Millwall: match report
Middlesbrough beat Millwall 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Britt Assombalonga opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (11') and Jonathan Howson (66'). Millwall did not score.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Millwall received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 72 points from 44 and Millwall 8th on 69 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Millwall 8th with 72.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Millwall in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of M. Bešić (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 4 for Millwall.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Millwall's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 45+3'Yellow card · Shaun Williams
- 47'Yellow card · George Friend
- 66'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 85'Yellow card · Muhamed Besic
- 87'Yellow card · Shaun Hutchinson
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan Tunnicliffe
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Adam Clayton, Jonathan Howson, M. Bešić, Britt Assombalonga, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré
Millwall line-up (4-4-2)
Jordan Archer, James Meredith, Shaun Hutchinson, Mahlon Romeo, Jake Cooper, Shaun Williams, Jed Wallace, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Ben Marshall, L. Gregory, Steve Morison