Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 5 December 2006
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Tuesday 5 December 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 5 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (47') and Robbie Keane (83'). Middlesbrough scored through Robert Huth (79').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 12th on 19 points from 15 and Middlesbrough 15th on 16 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 46.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Middlesbrough's L-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 47'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 79'Goal · Robert Huth
- 82'Yellow card · Julio Arca
- 83'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 87'Red card · George Boateng
- 87'Red card · Didier Zokora
- 90+1'Yellow card · Emanuel Pogatetz
- 90+6'Yellow card · Robert Huth
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon
Middlesbrough line-up
Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Robert Huth, Andrew Taylor, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Malcolm Christie, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jonathan Woodgate, Abel da Silva Costa Xavier