• Date: Sat 27 September 2008
  • Venue: The Riverside Stadium
  • Ref: Foy, C
  • Attendance: 26,248

Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion

Team Lineups

Middlesbrough

Ross Turnbull
Andrew Taylor
David Wheater
Justin Hoyte
Robert Huth
Gary O'Neil
Mohamed Shawky (Didier Digard, 60)
Stewart Downing
Martins Afonso Alves
Ahmed Hossam Mido
Jeremie Aliadiere (Adam Johnson, A, 60)

West Bromwich Albion

Scott Carson
Ryan Donk
Gianni Zuiverloon
Jonas Olsson
Paul Robinson
Kim Do-Heon (Sherjill MacDonald, 4)
James Morrison (Marek Cech, 76)
Jonathan Greening
Robert Koren
Borja Valero
Roman Bednar


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full-Time: MIDDLESBROUGH 0-1 WEST BROM.

90

Miller almost scores a second on the break but he drags his shot wide

90

Into stoppage time and West Brom are closing in on a great away win

87

Another Wheater header is saved well by Carson again as West Brom continue to hang on desperately late on

85

An Alves free-kick is well held by Carson. Time beginning to run out for Boro now

83

Johnson does well to get past a few players but his cross evades everyone

80

Cech's shot is deflected wide as the sub gets involved straight away

78
Substitution
 

Marek Cech comes on in place of Morrison for Albion

77

O'Neil forces Carson into another great save, Boro well on top but they still trail

75

After a succession of shots are blocked, Mido eventually blasts the ball over. Boro getting closer though

71

Wheater's header goes over as Boro threaten again

69
Yellow Card
 

Bednar is booked after a foul on Taylor

66

It's been better from Boro in the last 10 minutes or so as they search for a goal to level the score

64

Downing's cross finds Mido but Carson produces a fine save to deny the Boro frontman an equaliser

63

West Brom continue to frustrate Boro and are defending their 1-0 lead well at the moment

60
Substitution
 

Aliadiere is also off and Adam Johnson is on in his place

60
Substitution
 

Gareth Southgate makes a double change with Shawky replaced by Didier Digard

58
Yellow Card
 

Mido is the latest to be booked for a foul on Donk - five players on a yellow now

55

The goal has stunned the home fans as Mido wastes a great chance to bring them level almost immediately as he shoots straight at Scott Carson from inside the six-yard box

54
Yellow Card
 

Olsson was booked just after the goal too

53
Goal
 

Jonas Olsson puts West Brom in front, turning home Miller's cross from close range

50

David Wheater heads just wide as Boro advance forward - a decent chance wasted by the home side

47

Bednar's offside as Albion try to break again

45
Substitution
 

MacDonald is replaced by Ishmael Miller for West Brom at the break

Second half
 

The second half begins at the Riverside

Half time
 

Goalless at the break but Mido has hit the bar for Boro and Donk's header forced Turnbull into a fine save at the other end.

44

MacDonald fires a shot over as the Baggies break forward again

42

Approaching half time and it's been a fairly equal game so far with decent openings at either end

39

Alves retaliates for Boro at the other end and his header is cleared off the line. The match coming to life late on in the first half

37

Ryan Donk almost puts West Brom into the lead but Turnbull saves his header brilliantly

36
Yellow Card
 

Sherjill MacDonald is now booked after a poor tackle on Aliadiere

34
Yellow Card
 

Andrew Taylor's foul on Bednar is late and earns the Boro man the second yellow card of the game

32

Boro win a corner but O'Neil's delivery is disappointing and Albion clear

30

The Baggies are retaining possession better than the home side and it's a bit of a stalemate so far

27

Alves is offside and the Boro forward looks frustrated just at the moment

25

Bednar fires an effort on goal but again it's straightforward for Turnbull

22

Alves' poor free-kick comes back off the West Brom wall

21

Boro are trying to raise the tempo of the game but West Brom are defending well so far

19

Things beginning to liven up at the Riverside after an initial quiet start to the game

17

Afonso Alves plays a nice one-two with Mido before crashing a shot off the bar. The rebound then falls to Aliadiere but he can't get a shot in

15

Roman Bednar turns well before firing a shot goalwards but Ross Turnbull is behind it

13

Morrison is penalised for a foul on Mohamed Shawky

10
Yellow Card
 

Greening is booked for a poor challenge on Gary O'Neil

9

Both sides are struggling to hold onto the ball for any length of time so far and it's been a rather scrappy opening

6

No early chances in the game but West Brom have had to reshuffle after that injury to Do-heon Kim

4

Jonathan Greening, against his old club, fires over a corner but Andrew Taylor clears it

3
Substitution
 

The Baggies are forced into making a very early change as Do-heon Kim has picked up an injury and is replaced by Sherjill MacDonald

Kickoff
 

The action at the Riverside gets underway

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Mido replaces Jeremie Aliadiere for Boro, while West Brom boss Tony Mowbray - back at his former club - replaces defender Leon Barnett with Ryan Donk.