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Middlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham - August 16, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 1

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

August 16, 2008

32 623

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Tottenham

(left foot) David Wheater

71'

(left foot) Mido

86'

90'

Robert Huth (o.g)

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65' - Substitution Giovaniis substituted by Dimitar Berbatov photo Gareth Bale

65' - Substitution Aaron Lennonis substituted by Gareth Bale

71' - Goal David Wheater71

72' - Substitution Benoît Assou-Ekottois substituted by Jamie O'Hara

83' - Substitution Afonso Alvesis substituted by Mido83

86' - Goal Mido86

90' - Own goal Robert Huth

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Tottenham

Middlesbrough Tottenham

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Alves83

Afonso Alves

Brazil

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Tuncay

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Shawky

Mohamed Shawky

Egypt

B.date05/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

O'Neil

Gary O'Neil

England

B.date18/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Aliadière

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

Taylor

Andrew Taylor

England

B.date01/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Huth90

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Wheater71

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Jones

Bradley Jones

Australia

B.date19/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bradley Jones		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth	90	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater	71	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrew Taylor		22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Shawky		26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		24	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Afonso Alves	83	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jérémie Aliadière		25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Tottenham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Bent

Darren Bent

England

B.date06/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Giovani65

Giovani

Mexico

B.date11/05/1989

Age19 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

Lennon65

Aaron Lennon

England

B.date16/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m65

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Modric

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

Jenas

Jermaine Jenas

England

B.date18/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Bentley

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Assou-Ekotto72

Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Cameroon

B.date24/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Woodgate

Jonathan Woodgate

England

B.date22/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Dawson

Michael Dawson

England

B.date18/11/1983

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Zokora

Didier Zokora

Ivory Coast

B.date14/12/1980

Age27 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Gomes

Heurelho Gomes

Brazil

B.date15/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Heurelho Gomes		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Dawson		24	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonathan Woodgate		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	72	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Didier Zokora		27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Jenas		25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Giovani	65	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aaron Lennon	65	21	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luka Modric		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Bent		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Mido	8683	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Gareth Bale	65	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jamie O'Hara	72	21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	65	27	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bradley Jones

Mark Schwarzer

OUT

Andrew Taylor

Chris Riggott

OUT

Mohamed Shawky

George Boateng

OUT

Gary O'Neil

Luke Young

OUT

Robert Huth

Fábio Rochemback

OUT

Jérémie Aliadière

Julio Arca

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Giovani

Steed Malbranque

OUT

Darren Bent

Robbie Keane

OUT

Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Alan Hutton

OUT

Heurelho Gomes

Radek Cerny

OUT

David Bentley

Jamie O'Hara

OUT

Aaron Lennon

Dimitar Berbatov

OUT

Luka Modric

Gilberto

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Southgate vs Tottenham

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Southgate vs Ramos

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Juande Ramos

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Ramos vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Ramos vs Southgate

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Referee

Martin Atkinson

8 victories	4 draws	9 losses	Middlesbrough21 matches	General total	Tottenham50 matches	22 victories	14 draws	14 losses
2 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Middlesbrough5 matches	Season total	Tottenham3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 08, 2021					Latest figure on April 23, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time David Wheater scores a goal in his professional career since the 19/01/2008 (with vs )

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 03/05/2008).

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 consecutive wins running (since 03/05/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/01/2007-20/01/2007 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMiddlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City09/03/2008

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 Derby County22/03/2008

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United06/04/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Bolton Wanderers19/04/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth03/05/2008

VMiddlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City11/05/2008

Overall

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Manchester United06/04/2008

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough12/04/2008

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Bolton Wanderers19/04/2008

LSunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough26/04/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth03/05/2008

VMiddlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City11/05/2008

Current form

Away

LBirmingham City 4-1 Tottenham01/03/2008

VPSV Eindhoven 0-1 Tottenham12/03/2008

LManchester City 2-1 Tottenham16/03/2008

LBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham05/04/2008

DWigan 1-1 Tottenham19/04/2008

VReading 0-1 Tottenham03/05/2008

Overall

LBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham05/04/2008

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough12/04/2008

DWigan 1-1 Tottenham19/04/2008

DTottenham 1-1 Bolton Wanderers26/04/2008

VReading 0-1 Tottenham03/05/2008

LTottenham 0-2 Liverpool11/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	3	4
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

182	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	77
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	9

Results

No statistics here yet

Goals

No statistics here yet

Betting aid

No statistics here yet

Bookings

No statistics here yet

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

22 v

12 d

7 l

77 gf

43 ga

Away

46 matches

11 v

11 d

24 l

67 gf

91 ga

Total

87 matches

33 v

23 d

31 l

144 gf

134 ga

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

24 v

11 d

11 l

91 gf

67 ga

Away

41 matches

7 v

12 d

22 l

43 gf

77 ga

Total

87 matches

31 v

23 d

33 l

134 gf

144 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 13, 1914
Home	6 - 0	April 13, 1914

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 25, 1952
Away	4 - 0	December 27, 1952

Latest head to head

April 12, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Tottenham

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 03, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

1 - 1

Tottenham

September 26, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Tottenham

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 28, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

2 - 3

Tottenham

December 05, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Tottenham

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

David Hodgson	4 goals	1980 - 1980
John Hickton	4 goals	1972 - 1975
Ricard Hamilton	4 goals	1998 - 2000
David Mills	3 goals	1974 - 1977
Massimo Maccarone	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Franck Queudrue	2 goals	2002 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Robbie Keane	4 goals	2005 - 2007
Teddy Sheringham	4 goals	1992 - 2001
Chris Armstrong	3 goals	1995 - 2000
Paul Stewart	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Ricardo Villa	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Jimmy Neighbour	2 goals	1974 - 1976

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Mark Schwarzer	20 matches	1998 - 2008
John Craggs	17 matches	1972 - 1982
Jim Platt	16 matches	1972 - 1982
George Boateng	14 matches	2002 - 2008
David Armstrong	13 matches	1972 - 1980
Gareth Southgate	11 matches	2001 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/01/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Steve Perryman	19 matches	1972 - 1982
Robbie Keane	14 matches	2002 - 2008
Ledley King	12 matches	2000 - 2007
John Pratt	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Terry Naylor	11 matches	1972 - 1979
Darren Anderton	11 matches	1992 - 2004