Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009
Result
Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Stoke City defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City in the 84th minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 18th on 29 points from 29 and Middlesbrough 19th on 27 points from 29. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Stoke City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Middlesbrough's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Emanuel Pogatetz
- 30'Yellow card · Ricardo Fuller
- 36'Yellow card · Glenn Whelan
- 42'Yellow card · Salif Alassane Diao
- 58'Yellow card · James Beattie
- 84'Goal · Ryan Shawcross
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Robert Huth, Tony McMahon, Chris Riggott, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Sanli Tuncay, Jérémie Aliadière, D. Digard