Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2017
Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Wednesday 26 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Marten de Roon of Middlesbrough in the 8th minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 24 points from 33 and Sunderland 20th on 21 points from 32. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 28 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Cattermole of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Brad Guzan (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Sunderland's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Marten de Roon
- 28'Yellow card · George Friend
- 31'Yellow card · Adam Clayton
- 37'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 45+2'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
- 71'Yellow card · Fábio
- 75'Yellow card · Billy Jones
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Calum Chambers, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, George Friend, Marten de Roon, Adam Clayton, Adam Forshaw, Cristhian Stuani, Álvaro Negredo, Stewart Downing
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Jason Denayer, Javier Manquillo, Didier Ndong, Lee Cattermole, Darron Gibson, Wahbi Khazri, Jermain Defoe, Victor Anichebe