Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Wednesday 4 March 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Tottenham Hotspur · Middlesbrough · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Middlesbrough 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 March 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Robbie Keane opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Robbie Keane (9'), Roman Pavlyuchenko (14'), Aaron Lennon (40') and Aaron Lennon (79'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 15th on 28 points from 26 and Middlesbrough 19th on 26 points from 27. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

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 W-D-L-W-D and Middlesbrough's W-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Emanuel PogatetzMiddlesbrough
  • 40'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 4-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jonathan Woodgate

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

Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Chris Riggott, Stewart Downing, Adam Johnson, Sanli Tuncay, Jérémie Aliadière, D. Digard