Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from an own goal by Jonathan Grounds (26'). Middlesbrough scored through Stewart Downing (70').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 40 points from 33 and Middlesbrough 14th on 35 points from 33. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Tottenham Hotspur 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 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Own goal · Jonathan GroundsTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Emanuel PogatetzMiddlesbrough
  • 44'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough
  • 70'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luke YoungMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Radek Cerný, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Alan Hutton, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque, Dimitar Berbatov, R. Keane, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate

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