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Middlesbrough

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  1. West Brom steal the points

    West Brom steal the points

    West Bromwich Albion stole a 1-0 victory against Middlesbrough at the Riverside thanks to a Jonas Olsson volley just after half-time More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • West Bromwich
    • 90+2 And that's it. The Baggies have their first away win of the season.
    • 90+2 Boro have one last chance. It's from a corner but they can't make anything from it. The ball breaks loose up-field to Miller, he powers past Taylor but fires wide again!
    • 90+1 Miller on the break has an opportunity to put the game beyond the home side, but he pushes the ball the wrong side of the post. And now it's Bednar's chance, he stings the palms of Turnbull at the near post.
    • 89' Wheater has another effort from a Downing cross but can only head straight at Carson!!
    • 87' Boro have a free-kick. Alves over it...up and over the wall but Carson pushes it away.
    • 83' What a ball from Johnson. He really whipped that into the area that defenders and keepers hate - Mido inches away from getting onto the end of it.
    • 80' Gary O'Neill has a wonderful strike turned over the bar by Carson. Middlesbrough are huffing and puffing here.
    • 78' West Brom briefly break forward, but Bednar's effort takes a deflection dribbles wide. From the corner, new arrival Marek Cech, takes the ball from Greening and fires hard and low but the ball is turned wide for a corner by Huth.
    • 74' Gary O'Neill and Mido have good opportunities to draw the home side level. O'Neill has an effort saved from just inside the box, Mido follows up and tees the midfielder up again only to see O'Neill scuff his shot, Mido tries his luck but gets under the ball and the chance has gone.
    • 69' Wheater puts a header high and wide. Middlesbrough are still threatening.
    • 66' Borja Valero's free-kick goes just over the bar. They have offered very little since scoring.
    • 63' It's been all Middlesbrough since the goal. Downing crosses for Mido, his shot is saved and Alves pushes wide via a deflection off Carson from inside the six yard box.
    • 60' Aliadiere is off for Adam Johnson and Didier Digard replaces Shawky.
    • 55' Mido picks up a yellow for a stray arm on Morrison.
    • 54' Boro are right back at West Brom. Alves fires straight at Carson from six yards out, Gary O'Neill swinging over the free-kick. Greening then clears a Wheater header.
    • 53' Gooooalll for West Brom. Boro fail to clear a Boro corner and Ismael Miller hooks the ball back into the danger area for centre back Olsson to volley home from six yards out. Straight through the legs of Ross Turnbull.
    • 50' Wheather sees a header go wide...
    • 46' The substitute is substituted. Ishmael Miller is on for MacDonald and West Brom move to a four four two system - a sign of their growing confidence.
    • 46' And we're off at the Riverside. West Brom kick off!
    • 45+1 And that's it. Half time. West Brom have had more of the ball and more shots on target but go in level. As oft happens to newly promoted sides, they may live to regret not taking their chances.
    • 45' MacDonald pulled the last effort of the half wide. West Brom will go into half time knowing they should be ahead.
    • 42' West Brom are definitely finishing the half the stronger, this time James Morrison drags wide from the edge of the box. It took them a while to regroup after the loss of Kim, but they will be disappointed not to be ahead.
    • 38' Two minutes later and Boro's Alves goes one better than Donk, beating Carson from a Downing corner but Paul Robinson's there to hook away.
    • 36' Greening swings over the resulting corner and Turnbull makes an outstanding save from a Ryan Donk header. A truly incredible save, he pushed it onto the post from point blank range.
    • 35' Again West Brom test Turnbull from distance, Borja Valero's effort is tipped over the bar for a corner.
    • 31' There are some really pungent tackles flying around, and a spate of free-kicks ensue. Taylor's name is taken for a particularly bad one.
    • 28' Robert Koren stings the palms of Turnbull from 25 yards out after he was fed by Greening. The Baggies do play some very good stuff but have very little attacking threat inside the box.
    • 24' Mido continues to look a threat! Picking the ball up from Shawky, he lets fly from 20 yards but the balls spins wide. This is Middlesbrough's game at the moment, but West Brom's attractive style of play has brought the odd half chance. Bednar looks particularly sharp.
    • 20' It's all Boro now. They have a free-kick in a promising position but Alves can only hit the wall!
    • 17' After a brief hiatus for an injury to Robinson, Huth pulls his header wide from the resulting corner.
    • 15' Alfonso Alves plays a neat one two with Mido before thundering an effort against the cross bar from the edge of area, Aliadiere follows up but his volleyed effort is blocked.
    • 11' Bednar, despite the appeals of Middlesbrough back four, is deemed to be onside, but sees his tame effort saved by Ross Turnbull. First clear cut chance of the game.
    • 7' Not many chances to speak of bar a last minute block from Ryan Donk on Aliadiere.
    • 4' The midlands club seem to have been effected little by the early loss of Kim, as it is them who pass the ball better and carve out the first chance of the afternoon. Bednar going close.
    • 1' Not more than a minute in and West Brom have lost Kim to an injury. It appears he has turned his knee, and it's Sherjill MacDonald onto replace him
    • 1' And Middlesbrough kick off!
    • - Middlesbrough: Turnbull, Hoyte, Huth, Wheater, Taylor, Aliadiere, O'Neil, Shawky, Downing, Alves and Mido. West Brom: Carson, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Borja Valero, Morrison, Koren, Greening, Kim and Bednar.
    • - Teams are in Mido partners Alves in attack, while captain Emanuel Pogatetz begins his three match ban. West Brom are still without Abdoulaye Meite, who is joined on the injury list by Chris Brunt.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Middlesbrough vs. West Brom from the Riverside! We'll be underway shortly.

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats West Bromwich
    51% Possession 48%
    28 Shots 17
    12 Shots on target 8
    4 Saves 9
    11 Corners 8
    17 Fouls 14
    4 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 19
    273 Accurate passes 254
    66 Bad passes 38

  • 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
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
      14 Robert Huth 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 19 0 2
      31 David Wheater 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 13 2 3
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 19 3
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 27 0 2
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 43 13 4
      15 Mohamed Shawky 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 18 1 2
      19 Stewart Downing 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 38 12 2
      12 Afonso Alves 0 9 6 0 4 2 0 19 3 3
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 19 7 1
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Joseph Bennett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Didier Digard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3 1
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Chris Riggott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      26 Jonas Olsson 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 25 0 4
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19 2 1
      3 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 11 2
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 7
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 42 5 0
      28 Borja Valero 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 32 5 2
      7 Robert Koren 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 28 3 0
      27 James Morrison 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 3 0
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Bednar 0 4 3 3 4 1 0 16 3 1
      10 Ishmael Miller 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 7 1 1
      5 Leon Barnett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Pedro Miguel Pele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Marek Cech 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      16 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Sherjill MacDonald 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7 2 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Boro have a free-kick. Alves over it...up and over the wall but Carson pushes it away.
    • 83' What a ball from Johnson. He really whipped that into the area that defenders and keepers hate - Mido inches away from getting onto the end of it.
    • 74' Gary O'Neill and Mido have good opportunities to draw the home side level. O'Neill has an effort saved from just inside the box, Mido follows up and tees the midfielder up again only to see O'Neill scuff his shot, Mido tries his luck but gets under the ball and the chance has gone.
    • 63' It's been all Middlesbrough since the goal. Downing crosses for Mido, his shot is saved and Alves pushes wide via a deflection off Carson from inside the six yard box.
    • 53' Gooooalll for West Brom. Boro fail to clear a Boro corner and Ismael Miller hooks the ball back into the danger area for centre back Olsson to volley home from six yards out. Straight through the legs of Ross Turnbull.
    • 38' Two minutes later and Boro's Alves goes one better than Donk, beating Carson from a Downing corner but Paul Robinson's there to hook away.
    • 36' Greening swings over the resulting corner and Turnbull makes an outstanding save from a Ryan Donk header. A truly incredible save, he pushed it onto the post from point blank range.
    • 11' Bednar, despite the appeals of Middlesbrough back four, is deemed to be onside, but sees his tame effort saved by Ross Turnbull. First clear cut chance of the game.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Stewart Downing

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • J. Hoyte
    • D. Wheater
    • R. Huth
    • A. Taylor Yellow Card
    • G. O'Neil
    • M. Shawky Substitution Out (60′)
    • J. Aliadière Substitution Out (60′)
    • A. Mido Yellow Card
    • A. Alves
    • S. Downing

    Subs

    • C. Riggott
    • B. Jones
    • D. Digard Substitution In60′
    • A. Johnson Substitution In60′
    • M. Emnes
    • J. Walker
    • J. Bennett

    Injured

    • S. Tuncay
    • R. Williams

    Suspended

    • E. Pogatetz

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • R. Donk Yellow Card
    • J. Olsson Goal
    • P. Robinson
    • J. Morrison Substitution Out (76′)
    • V. Borja
    • R. Koren
    • D. Kim Substitution Out (2′)
    • J. Greening Yellow Card
    • R. Bednar Yellow Card

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • L. Moore
    • M. Cech Substitution In76′
    • I. Miller Substitution In46′
    • L. Barnett
    • P. Pele
    • S. MacDonald Substitution In2′ Yellow Card Substitution Out46′

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • F. Teixeira
    • A. Meite
    • C. Brunt

    Suspended

    None