• Date: Sun 26 August 2007
  • Venue: The Riverside Stadium
  • Ref: Dean, M
  • Attendance: 28,875
Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Mido (28)

Arca (80)

2 - 2
Newcastle United

Newcastle United

N'Zogbia (22)

Viduka (77)

Middlesbrough vs Newcastle United

Team Lineups

Middlesbrough

Mark Schwarzer
Andrew Taylor
Jonathan Woodgate
Luke Young, L
David Wheater
Julio Arca
Fabio Rochemback
George Boateng (Lee Cattermole, 83)
Stewart Downing
Ahmed Hossam Mido
Jeremie Aliadiere (Sanli Tuncay, 73)

Newcastle United

Steve Harper
Stephen Carr (Peter Ramage, 6)
Steven Taylor, S
David Rozehnal
Njitap Geremi
Nicky Butt
Charles N'Zogbia
James Milner
Obafemi Martins (Michael Owen, 72)
Mark Viduka
Alan Smith


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

It's ended all square, Arca cancelling out Viduka's goal against his former club after N'Zogbia's opener had been levelled by Mido.

90
Yellow Card
 

Tuncay is the sixth Boro player to get a yellow card

90
Yellow Card
 

Rochemback is also booked for delaying a free-kick

90
Yellow Card
 

Smith is booked now

90

Butt's shot is straight at Schwarzer

90

There will be five extra minutes to play

89

Butt's shot is blocked with time running out for both sides

88
Yellow Card
 

Milner is the latest player to be booked

87

Mido's header from Arca's cross flies over

87

There will be quite a bit of stoppage time to add as there's been a lot of injuries

84
Substitution
 

Boateng goes off, replaced by Lee Cattermole

83

Owen wastes a great chance as he fails to connect properly on a long free-kick, the England man was left unmarked in the six-yard box

80
Goal
 

Arca makes it 2-2 with a clinical half-volley, Boro hitting back immediately after going behind for the second time

79

The striker stunned his former club with the goal, controlling the pass from Geremi and slotting home

77
Goal
 

Viduka lights up the second half though with a superb finish to put Newcastle in front

76

It's been a poor second half with few chances at either end so far

74
Substitution
 

Aliadiere is forced off and looks in a bad way, Turkish international Sanli Tuncay comes on

73

Jeremie Aliadiere received a whack on his face from Steven Taylor and the Boro man has had extensive treatment

72
Substitution
 

Martins is replaced by Owen for the last 20 minutes or so

70
Yellow Card
 

Luke Young is booked for a late tackle

69

Boateng is down injured now as the game is held up further

67

Milner needs treatment after sustaining a cut to his knee

66

Cacapa does well to stop Downing breaking forward for Boro

64

Milner's control is superb but the subsequent shot is poor and easy for Schwarzer

62

N'Zogbia's cross is aimed for Viduka but he just can't quite get on the end of it

59
Substitution
 

Ramage is forced off and is replaced by Claudio Cacapa

57

Ramage appears to have done himself a serious knee injury after clashing with Mido

55

Downing's cross is cleared from inside the six-yard box by David Rozehnal

54

A lovely Boro move ends with Rochemback, from a tight angle, firing the ball onto the legs of the advancing Harper for a corner

51

Boateng is hit in the face by the ball and the game needs to be stopped, he should be OK though

49
Yellow Card
 

Nicky Butt is booked now for a late challenge on Downing

48

Martins needs treatment as Owen warms up on the sidelines

47
Yellow Card
 

Woodgate is booked for a foul on Martins

46

Geremi defends well to deny George Boateng

Second half
 

Newcastle kick the second half off

Half time
 

Level at the break as Mido cancelled out N'Zogbia's great opener

45

Rochemback twists and turns well before shooting wide

45

Alan Smith's cross is poor and Newcastle's attack breaks down as we head to half-time

43

Downing's first touch lets him down when well placed and the chance goes begging

39

N'Zogbia's free-kick is easily gathered by Mark Schwarzer as Mido's decent cross forces Harper out of his goal at the other end

37

Arca's pass is just too hard for Downing and it runs out of play

35

It's been a lively half so far with Boro hitting back after N'Zogbia's great opener

32

Julio Arca forces Harper into a fine save this time again the Toon keeper has to tip it behind for a corner

31

Rochemback lets fly from distance and Harper has to turn the ball round the post

29
Yellow Card
 

Mido is booked for celebrating in front of the Newcastle fans

28
Goal
 

Mido equalises after rounding Harper - Rochemback's through ball found him perfectly

27

Rochemback's cross is poor with several Boro players to aim for

25

Viduka wins a flick on and Milner looked to be in on goal for a second but the flag is up

22
Goal
 

Charles N'Zogbia scores a belter for the visitors, he cut in from the left before unleashing a beautiful curled effort into the top corner

20

Rochemback shoots from at least 35 yards but it's hugely ambitious and it drifts over

18

Viduka is tackled by David Wheater just as it looked like he had worked an opening

16

A long ball over the top releases Martins who opts to shoot from a tight angle but it goes wide

15

Mark Viduka, being booed by the Boro fans on his return to the Riverside, backs into Woodgate and is penalised

14

Jeremie Aliadiere threads a pass through for Mido but he's offiside

12

Stewart Downing has been involved a lot so far and his cross is claimed by Steve Harper

11

Fabio Rochemback's shot is poor for Boro and it flies wide

9

No early chances as the game settles down

6
Substitution
 

Peter Ramage replaces Carr as Newcastle are forced into a change inside the first 10 minutes

5

Stephen Carr has picked up an early knock and will have to go off

3

Milner's cross is aimed at Obafemi Martins but the striker can't control it

1

James Milner gets an early shot in but it's high and wide

Kickoff
 

After a slight delay because they were waiting for a football, Boro kick off

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Michael Owen is only on the bench for Newcastle while Boro welcome back Jonathan Woodgate at centre-back