Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Friday 30 March 2018
Result
Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Middlesbrough 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Middlesbrough were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Hélder Costa opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from P. Bamford (90+4'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Hélder Costa (32') and Ivan Cavaleiro (37').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 62 points from 38 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st on 82 points from 38. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1st with 99.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adama Traoré of Middlesbrough (8.9), ahead of B. Douglas (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 4 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 32'Goal · Hélder Costa
- 37'Goal · Ivan Cavaleiro
- 40'Yellow card · John Ruddy
- 54'Yellow card · Matt Doherty
- 54'Yellow card · Rúben Neves
- 61'Yellow card · Ryan Shotton
- 66'Yellow card · Romain Saïss
- 73'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
- 90+4'Goal · P. Bamford
- 90+7'Yellow card · Martin Cranie
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, M. Bešić, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, Adama Traoré
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)
John Ruddy, Ryan Bennett, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Matt Doherty, B. Douglas, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Ivan Cavaleiro, Hélder Costa, Benik Afobe