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Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa - May 12, 2018 / Championship Play-Off 2018

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Championship Play-Off 2018 - Semi-finals

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

May 12, 2018

29 233

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Aston Villa

15'

Mile JedinakAssist by Jack Grealish

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13' - Yellow card Conor Hourihane

15' - Goal Mile Jedinak

45' - Yellow card George Friend45

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49' - Yellow card Ben Gibson49

64' - Substitution Daniel Ayalais substituted by Fabio64

71' - Substitution Albert Adomahis substituted by Jonathan Kodjia

75' - Yellow card Robert Snodgrass

76' - Substitution Britt Assombalongais substituted by Patrick Bamford76

81' - Substitution Lewis Grabbanis substituted by Birkir Bjarnason

88' - Substitution Ahmed El Mohamadyis substituted by Glenn Whelan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Assombalonga76

Britt Assombalonga

DR Congo

B.date06/12/1992

Age25 years

H1m77

positionStriker

19Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age33 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

37Traoré

Adama Traoré

Spain

B.date25/01/1996

Age22 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

27Besic

Muhamed Besic

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date10/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Clayton

Adam Clayton

England

B.date14/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

16Howson

Jonny Howson

England

B.date21/05/1988

Age29 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

3Friend45

George Friend

England

B.date19/10/1987

Age30 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

6Gibson49

Ben Gibson

England

B.date15/01/1993

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Ayala64

Daniel Ayala

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

5Shotton

Ryan Shotton

England

B.date30/09/1988

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

25Randolph

Darren Randolph

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Darren Randolph		31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Daniel Ayala	64	27	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ryan Shotton		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ben Gibson	49	25	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	George Friend	45	30	240	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Muhamed Besic		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Adam Clayton		29	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jonny Howson		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Stewart Downing		33	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Britt Assombalonga	76	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Adama Traoré		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

45Grabban81

Lewis Grabban

England

B.date12/01/1988

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

37Adomah71

Albert Adomah

Ghana

B.date13/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m86

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10Grealish

Jack Grealish

England

B.date10/09/1995

Age22 years

H1m75

positionSecond striker

14Hourihane13

Conor Hourihane

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/02/1991

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

7Snodgrass75

Robert Snodgrass

Scotland

B.date07/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

15Jedinak15

Mile Jedinak

Australia

B.date03/08/1984

Age33 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

21Hutton

Alan Hutton

Scotland

B.date30/11/1984

Age33 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

26Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age37 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

5Chester

James Chester

Wales

B.date23/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

27El Mohamady88

Ahmed El Mohamady

Egypt

B.date09/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Johnstone

Sam Johnstone

England

B.date25/03/1993

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sam Johnstone		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	James Chester		29	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		37	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Ahmed El Mohamady	88	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Alan Hutton		33	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Conor Hourihane	13	27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mile Jedinak	15	33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Albert Adomah	71	30	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Robert Snodgrass	75	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Lewis Grabban	81	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Grealish		22	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos		39
20	D	Dael Fry		20
2	D	Fabio	64	27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Martin Cranie		31
7	M	Grant Leadbitter		32
23	M	Jack Harrison		21
11	F	Patrick Bamford	76	24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Mark Bunn		33
4	D	Christopher Samba		34
6	M	Glenn Whelan	88	34	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Birkir Bjarnason	81	29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Joshua Onomah		21
22	F	Jonathan Kodjia	71	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Scott Hogan		26

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sam Johnstone

Mark Bunn

OUT

Lewis Grabban

Scott Hogan

OUT

Ahmed El Mohamady

James Bree

OUT

John Terry

Henri Lansbury

OUT

Robert Snodgrass

Jonathan Kodjia

OUT

Jack Grealish

Joshua Onomah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Pulis vs Aston Villa

5 victories

7 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2018

Pulis vs Bruce

6 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Middlesbrough

8 victories

2 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2018

Bruce vs Pulis

5 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 12, 2018

Referee

Robert Madley

2 victories	4 draws	6 losses	Middlesbrough12 matches	General total	Aston Villa10 matches	3 victories	4 draws	3 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Middlesbrough1 match	Season total	Aston Villa1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 06, 2024					Latest figure on April 01, 2023

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Key figures

End of streak for Middlesbrough after 4 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Championship Play-Off (since 18/05/1988). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Mile Jedinak scores 1 goal in Championship Play-Off

Middlesbrough keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Championship Play-Off running (since 18/05/1988). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMiddlesbrough 3-0 Leeds United02/03/2018

VMiddlesbrough 3-1 Barnsley10/03/2018

LMiddlesbrough 1-2 Wolverhampton30/03/2018

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Nottingham Forest07/04/2018

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City14/04/2018

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Millwall28/04/2018

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Nottingham Forest07/04/2018

LSheffield United 2-1 Middlesbrough10/04/2018

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City14/04/2018

VDerby County 1-2 Middlesbrough21/04/2018

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Millwall28/04/2018

DIpswich Town 2-2 Middlesbrough06/05/2018

Current form

Away

VSunderland 0-3 Aston Villa06/03/2018

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa17/03/2018

DHull City 0-0 Aston Villa31/03/2018

LNorwich City 3-1 Aston Villa07/04/2018

VIpswich Town 0-4 Aston Villa21/04/2018

LMillwall 1-0 Aston Villa06/05/2018

Overall

LNorwich City 3-1 Aston Villa07/04/2018

VAston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City10/04/2018

VAston Villa 1-0 Leeds United13/04/2018

VIpswich Town 0-4 Aston Villa21/04/2018

DAston Villa 1-1 Derby County28/04/2018

LMillwall 1-0 Aston Villa06/05/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	8	14
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

23 v

18 d

26 l

94 gf

98 ga

Away

73 matches

19 v

16 d

38 l

82 gf

147 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

142 matches

43 v

34 d

65 l

178 gf

247 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

38 v

16 d

19 l

147 gf

82 ga

Away

67 matches

26 v

18 d

23 l

98 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

142 matches

65 v

34 d

43 l

247 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	December 11, 1948
Home	6 - 0	December 11, 1948

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	January 31, 1931
Away	4 - 0	February 04, 2006

Latest head to head

December 30, 2017 - Championship 2017/2018

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 19, 2017 - Carabao Cup 2017/2018

Aston Villa

0 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

September 12, 2017 - Championship 2017/2018

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

May 16, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

November 09, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Aston Villa

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Sanli Tuncay	3 goals	2008 - 2009
David Mills	3 goals	1976 - 1976
Billy Ashcroft	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1997 - 1998
Fabrizio Ravanelli	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Yakubu Ayegbeni	2 goals	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Luke Moore	6 goals	2005 - 2007
Gareth Barry	4 goals	2003 - 2008
Julian Joachim	4 goals	1998 - 2000
Gary Shaw	3 goals	1980 - 1981
Dion Dublin	3 goals	1999 - 2003
Dean Saunders	3 goals	1992 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Mark Schwarzer	14 matches	1998 - 2008
David Armstrong	12 matches	1975 - 1981
Stewart Downing	12 matches	2004 - 2017
Anthony McAndrew	11 matches	1976 - 1982
Jim Platt	10 matches	1975 - 1982
John Craggs	10 matches	1976 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Gareth Barry	19 matches	1998 - 2009
Olof Mellberg	14 matches	2001 - 2008
Lee Hendrie	12 matches	1996 - 2006
Alan Wright	12 matches	1996 - 2002
Gordon Cowans	10 matches	1977 - 1988
Ian Taylor	10 matches	1996 - 2002