Newcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 February 2008

Result

Newcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 3 February 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Newcastle United drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 February 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Michael Owen opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Michael Owen (59'). Middlesbrough scored through Robert Huth (87').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 27 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 14th on 25 points from 24. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 5 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · D. WheaterMiddlesbrough
  • 41'Yellow card · Jérémie AliadièreMiddlesbrough
  • 53'Yellow card · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough
  • 59'Goal · Michael OwenNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 62'Yellow card · Alan SmithNewcastle United
  • 87'Goal · Robert HuthMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 5, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Shay Given, Damien Duff, Stephen Carr, Cláudio Caçapa, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, Michael Owen, Emre Belözoğlu, Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

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