Middlesbrough 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 18 December 2005, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Middlesbrough 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 December 2005. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (30'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (43') and Franck Queudrue (69'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Robbie Keane (25'), Jermaine Jenas (63') and Mido (83').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 19 points from 16 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 30 points from 16. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 15'Yellow card · Dorival Guidoni JúniorMiddlesbrough
  • 19'Yellow card · Edgar DavidsTottenham Hotspur
  • 25'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Matthew BatesMiddlesbrough
  • 43'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Franck QueudrueMiddlesbrough · 3-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 83'Goal · MidoTottenham Hotspur · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Andy Reid, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, R. Keane, Mido