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Saturday September 1, 2007 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

  • Wheater 12’
  • Downing 36’

Birmingham City

  1. Boro down sorry Blues

    Boro down sorry Blues

    Goals from David Wheater and Stewart Downing helped Middlesbrough comfortably beat an uninspired Birmingham City side 2-0 at the Riverside. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Birmingham City
    • 90' And that's the end of that, comfortable win for Boro, 2-0.
    • 80' Blues with a period of pressure, succession of shots on goal by McSheffrey but nothing doing...
    • 70' Birmingham seem unable to offer anything in the way of a comeback in this match.
    • 57' BIRMINGHAM SUBSTITUTIONS: Triple sub for Blues - Kapo, Muamba and Forssell off; O'Connor, McSheffrey and Nafti on.
    • 53' Alaidiere is put clean through and he must score but he finishes weakly and straight at Taylor! Boro all over Blues in this match.
    • 51' Boateng on the right cuts it back to Rochemback who slips it through to Arca who cuts it back across and someone must score but Aliadiere and Mido can't get there! Should have been three.
    • 47' Wheater clearly pushes Forssell on the edge of the box but gets away with it.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45' Half time.
    • 36' Ball comes in from Taylor the left, poor defending by Blues as Boateng nods it down to an unmarked Downing who taps it in! 2-0 to Boro!
    • 29' Wheater fouls Jerome, Larsson to take the free kick from the rightÂ… he swings it in and Schwarzer tips it away but it falls to Jerome who shoots from the edge of the box but saved!
    • 23' Free-kick to Blues on the left, just outside the box... Larsson to whip it in... good delivery but cleared at the back stick and Boro clear.
    • 21' Injury to Ridgewell, he's receiving treatment on the pitch...
    • 13' Free-kick to Boro about 30 yards out, Downing is standing over it and from the time he's taking it seems he's lining up the shot... and he does indeed shoot but Taylor has it covered all the way and dives low to his left to gather with ease.
    • 11' Corner to Boro which Birmingham don't clear and now Taylor keeps it in on the left and chips a superb ball into the centre AND WHEATER WITH THE HEADER AND IT'S 1-0 TO BORO! Great header into the bottom right from the big lad, his second goal for the club, a superb start to his first-team career at the Riverside.
    • 4' Arca with a cute little backheel that almost sends Mido through but he can't quite get on the end of it...
    • 1' First half underway at the Riverside...
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  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Birmingham City
    44% Possession 55%
    23 Shots 9
    8 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    11 Corners 5
    11 Fouls 7
    3 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 23
    199 Accurate passes 233
    53 Bad passes 45

  • 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 0 0 0 11 0 0
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 25 15 0
      8 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      2 Luke Young 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11 0 3
      31 David Wheater 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 8 1 4
      7 George Boateng 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 28 3 5
      10 Fábio Rochemback 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 23 5 0
      3 Julio Arca 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 29 5 5
      19 Stewart Downing 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 27 17 0
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 9 3 1
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 15 4 2
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Dong Gook Lee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      38 Sebastian Hines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
    • Birmingham City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
      6 Liam Ridgewell 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 3 2
      16 Johan Djourou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 2
      21 Stuart Parnaby 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 25 12 4
      2 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 1 3
      24 Radhi Jaidi 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 1 3
      26 Fabrice Muamba 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 2 3
      7 Sebastian Larsson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 2
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 19 4 3
      10 Cameron Jerome 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 20 4 0
      9 Mikael Forssell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 0
      11 Gary McSheffrey 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
      8 Garry O'Connor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      3 Matthew Sadler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Mehdi Nafti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 5 1

  • Summary

    • 53' Alaidiere is put clean through and he must score but he finishes weakly and straight at Taylor! Boro all over Blues in this match.
    • 51' Boateng on the right cuts it back to Rochemback who slips it through to Arca who cuts it back across and someone must score but Aliadiere and Mido can't get there! Should have been three.
    • 36' Ball comes in from Taylor the left, poor defending by Blues as Boateng nods it down to an unmarked Downing who taps it in! 2-0 to Boro!
    • 11' Corner to Boro which Birmingham don't clear and now Taylor keeps it in on the left and chips a superb ball into the centre AND WHEATER WITH THE HEADER AND IT'S 1-0 TO BORO! Great header into the bottom right from the big lad, his second goal for the club, a superb start to his first-team career at the Riverside.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer
    • Young
    • Woodgate
    • Wheater
    • Taylor
    • Rochemback
    • Boateng
    • Arca
    • Downing
    • Aliadière
    • Mido

    Subs

    • Tuncay
    • Dong Gook
    • Jones
    • Cattermole
    • Hines

    Injured

    • Pogatetz
    • Huth
    • Bates

    Suspended

    None

  • Birmingham City

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    On the Field

    • Taylor
    • Parnaby
    • Jaidi
    • Ridgewell
    • Kelly
    • Larsson
    • Djourou
    • Muamba
    • Kapo
    • Jerome
    • Forssell

    Subs

    • Nafti
    • Sadler
    • McSheffrey
    • O'Connor
    • Kingson

    Injured

    • Queudrue
    • Taylor
    • Johnson
    • Schmitz

    Suspended

    None