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Saturday November 24, 2007 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

Aston Villa

  • Carew 45’
  • Mellberg 48’
  • Agbonlahor 58’
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    Villa turn over drab Boro

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Aston Villa
    • 90' That's it, and Boro have been put out of their misery! Villa thoroughly deserved their win. Stay right here for Derby v Chelsea!
    • 87' Downing goes into the book for a foul on Young. It's pretty desperate for Boro now.
    • 86' Agbonlahor is through and could make it 4... He hits it across the face of goal and hits the far post! So unlucky! Villa deserve another, and Boro deserve to concede another!
    • 75' Gareth Southgate feels now is as good a time as any to blood a youngster, so Ben Hutchison comes on for Aliadiere.
    • 74' Martin O'Neil rewards opening scorer John Carew for his tireless work by bringing him off for Shaun Maloney.
    • 65' Zat Knight fouls Downing on the wing. Rochemback swings in the cross but Carson catches.
    • 58' Carson hoofs a long ball forward to Agbonlahor. He cuts into the box a LASHES IT HOME WITH HIS LEFT FOOT! 3-0 Villa!
    • 49' Villa are breaking forward now and it's Ashley Young! He's going all the way himself to the near post! GREAT TACKLE BY WHEATER! He got in a vital block!
    • 48' Young takes a corner from the right. It's only half cleared by Downing and MELLBERG! He finishes form six yards out to make it 2-0! The Boro players look mortified!
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 45' That's it for the first half! Carew scores at just the right moment to really take the wind out of Boro's sails!
    • 45' GOAL! John Carew breaks the deadlock! Great work by Gareth Barry as he puts in a right-footed cross from the left and Carew turns expertly to fire low into the corner!
    • 37' Villa are seeing all of the ball at the moment and Ashley Young wins a corner. It's swung in and Schwarzer punches it away only for Young to shoot! David Wheater clears the effort away!
    • 34' Cattermole latches on to a one-two and tries to shoot... Good block by Laursen!
    • 25' Boro have a corner. It's headed out but only as far as O'NEIL... He chests and volleys JUST wide of the far upright! Unlucky!
    • 17' It is a little bit cagey here. Middlesbrough have a bad habit of conceding the first goal and they are evidently focused on keeping things tight early on.
    • 13' Gabby Agbonlahor fires just wide after being played through by Ashley Young, then Gareth Barry spanks a free-kick way over.
    • 9' Aliadiere has hobbled off the pitch with a bit of an injury, but the Frenchman should be back after some treatment.
    • 7' Carson saves!! That will settle a few nerves! Aliadiere races down the left channel and the England keeper deflects it for a corner. Not elegant, but effective enough.
    • 4' The travelling Villa fans hold a banner aloft demanding that the FA leave Martin O'Neill alone. The crowd have so far provided more entertainment than the players.
    • 1' Under way! Gareth Barry and Scott Carson are being booed heavily for their failures for England in midweek, and the keeper responds by completely shanking a clearance.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Middlesbrough v Aston Villa from the Riverside Stadium!

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Aston Villa
    57% Possession 42%
    16 Shots 9
    4 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    11 Corners 6
    17 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 26
    249 Accurate passes 141
    59 Bad passes 39

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 0
      8 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 5
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 35 16 2
      2 Luke Young 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 23 2 1
      31 David Wheater 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 19 2 1
      19 Stewart Downing 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 11 0 1
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 5 0
      7 George Boateng 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 50 11 3
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 30 2 1
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 8 0
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17 5 0
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Fábio Rochemback 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 4 2
      36 Ben Hutchinson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 10 3 3
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 11 1
      4 Olof Mellberg 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 15 0 7
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 15 1 5
      6 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 18 6 2
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 1 2
      10 John Carew 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 11 5 2
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 1 3 2 1 3 1 0 6 5 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 9 2 2
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1

  • Summary

    • 86' Agbonlahor is through and could make it 4... He hits it across the face of goal and hits the far post! So unlucky! Villa deserve another, and Boro deserve to concede another!
    • 58' Carson hoofs a long ball forward to Agbonlahor. He cuts into the box a LASHES IT HOME WITH HIS LEFT FOOT! 3-0 Villa!
    • 48' Young takes a corner from the right. It's only half cleared by Downing and MELLBERG! He finishes form six yards out to make it 2-0! The Boro players look mortified!
    • 45' GOAL! John Carew breaks the deadlock! Great work by Gareth Barry as he puts in a right-footed cross from the left and Carew turns expertly to fire low into the corner!
    • 7' Carson saves!! That will settle a few nerves! Aliadiere races down the left channel and the England keeper deflects it for a corner. Not elegant, but effective enough.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Middlesbrough v Aston Villa from the Riverside Stadium!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Keith Stroud

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: George Boateng

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer
    • Young
    • Wheater
    • Woodgate
    • Pogatetz
    • O'Neil
    • Cattermole
    • Boateng
    • Downing
    • Johnson
    • Aliadière

    Subs

    • Rochemback
    • Tuncay
    • Turnbull
    • Taylor
    • Hutchinson

    Injured

    • Arca
    • Mido
    • Bates

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Mellberg
    • Knight
    • Laursen
    • Bouma
    • Young
    • Petrov
    • Reo-Coker
    • Barry
    • Carew
    • Agbonlahor

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Maloney
    • Moore
    • Davies
    • Gardner

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None