Middlesbrough 2-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2007
Result
Middlesbrough 2-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 26 August 2007, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Middlesbrough 2-2 Newcastle United: match report
Middlesbrough drew with Newcastle United 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 August 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Mido (28') and Julio Arca (80'). Newcastle United scored through Charles N'Zogbia (21') and Mark Viduka (77').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 6 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 16th on 3 points from 3 and Newcastle United 9th on 4 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Charles N'Zogbia
- 28'Goal · Mido
- 29'Yellow card · Mido
- 47'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 49'Yellow card · Nicky Butt
- 70'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 77'Goal · Mark Viduka
- 80'Goal · Julio Arca
- 82'Yellow card · D. Wheater
- 88'Yellow card · James Milner
- 90'Yellow card · Fábio Rochemback
- 90+2'Yellow card · Alan Smith
- 90+4'Yellow card · Sanli Tuncay
Head-to-head
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Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Stewart Downing, Jérémie Aliadière, Jonathan Woodgate, Mido
Newcastle United line-up (3-5-2)
Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, David Rozehnal, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Mark Viduka, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt