Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 21 April 2012, 16:20 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough beat Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Nicky Bailey (45+1') and Merouane Zemmama (77'). Southampton scored through Billy Sharp (1').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 8th on 67 points from 44 and Southampton 2nd on 85 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Southampton 3rd with 88.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 4 for Southampton.

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