Middlesbrough 1-2 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-2 West Ham United: match report

Middlesbrough lost to West Ham United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

D. Wheater opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from D. Wheater (39'). West Ham United scored through Dean Ashton (44') and Scott Parker (90+1').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 14th on 17 points from 17 and West Ham United 11th on 22 points from 16. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and West Ham United 10th with 49.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 5 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 33'Yellow card · Scott ParkerWest Ham United
  • 39'Goal · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Jonathan SpectorWest Ham United
  • 44'Goal · Dean AshtonWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · N. SolanoWest Ham United
  • 67'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough
  • 90+1'Goal · Scott ParkerWest Ham United · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 1, West Ham United 5.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Adam Johnson, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Matthew Upson, Jonathan Spector, Dean Ashton, Henri Camara, Fredrik Ljungberg, Scott Parker, N. Solano, Hayden Mullins