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Middlesbrough 2-1 Stoke City - August 30, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 3

Riverside Stadium - Middlesbrough - England

August 30, 2008

27 627

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Stoke City

Afonso Alves

35'

Sanli Tuncay

85'

71'

Justin Hoyte (o.g)

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35' - Goal Afonso Alves35

35' - Red card Amdy Faye

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61' - Substitution Mohamed Shawkyis substituted by Didier Digard61

67' - Substitution Carl Dickinsonis substituted by Andy Wilkinson

71' - Substitution Justin Hoyteis substituted by Andrew Taylor71

71' - Own goal Justin Hoyte

74' - Substitution Ricardo Fulleris substituted by Mamady Sidibé

76' - Substitution Afonso Alvesis substituted by Mido76

83' - Substitution Dave Kitsonis substituted by Richard Cresswell

85' - Goal Sanli Tuncay85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Stoke City

Middlesbrough Stoke City

Team line-ups

Middlesbrough

Turnbull

Ross Turnbull

England

B.date04/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Huth

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Wheater

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Hoyte7171

Justin Hoyte

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date20/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Shawky61

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

Tuncay85

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Alves3576

Afonso Alves

Brazil

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Aliadière

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ross Turnbull		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Justin Hoyte	7171	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Shawky	61	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sanli Tuncay	85	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Afonso Alves	3576	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière		25	35	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

Stoke City

Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen

Denmark

B.date12/06/1976

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

A. Faye

Abdoulaye Faye

Senegal

B.date26/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Cort

Leon Cort

Guyana

B.date11/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Dickinson67

Carl Dickinson

England

B.date31/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Griffin

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Olofinjana

Seyi Olofinjana

Nigeria

B.date30/06/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

Amdy Faye35

Amdy Faye

Senegal

B.date12/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Delap

Rory Delap

Republic of Ireland

B.date06/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Lawrence

Liam Lawrence

Republic of Ireland

B.date14/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Fuller74

Ricardo Fuller

Jamaica

B.date31/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Kitson83

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Sorensen		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdoulaye Faye		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leon Cort		28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carl Dickinson	67	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Griffin		29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Seyi Olofinjana		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Amdy Faye	35	31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap		32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Lawrence		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricardo Fuller	74	28	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	83	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andrew Taylor	71	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Didier Digard	61	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mido	76	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andy Wilkinson	67	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamady Sidibé	74	28	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Cresswell	83	30	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Afonso Alves

Mido

OUT

Robert Huth

Chris Riggott

OUT

Sanli Tuncay

Adam Johnson

OUT

David Wheater

Didier Digard

OUT

Gary O'Neil

Marvin Emnes

OUT

Stewart Downing

Jonathan Grounds

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Seyi Olofinjana

Salif Diao

OUT

Ricardo Fuller

Vincent Péricard

OUT

Thomas Sorensen

Steve Simonsen

OUT

Rory Delap

Danny Pugh

OUT

Abdoulaye Faye

Ryan Shawcross

OUT

Dave Kitson

Richard Cresswell

OUT

Liam Lawrence

Glenn Whelan

OUT

Andy Griffin

Andy Wilkinson

OUT

Leon Cort

Jon Parkin

OUT

Amdy Faye

Lewis Buxton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

31 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Southgate vs Stoke City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2008

Southgate vs Pulis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

233

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Middlesbrough

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2008

Pulis vs Southgate

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 30, 2008

Referee

Michael Dean

9 victories	17 draws	15 losses	Middlesbrough41 matches	General total	Stoke City32 matches	8 victories	7 draws	17 losses
1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Middlesbrough4 matches	Season total	Stoke City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 12, 2022					Latest figure on April 22, 2018

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Key figures

Richard Cresswell played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Middlesbrough keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 26/04/2008).

Middlesbrough keeps its 5 consecutive wins at home running (since 03/05/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/11/2004-28/12/2004 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham16/08/2008

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Yeovil26/08/2008

Overall

LSunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough26/04/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth03/05/2008

VMiddlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City11/05/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham16/08/2008

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Yeovil26/08/2008

Current form

Away

DWatford 0-0 Stoke City15/03/2008

DSheffield Wednesday 1-1 Stoke City29/03/2008

VCoventry 1-2 Stoke City12/04/2008

VColchester United 0-1 Stoke City26/04/2008

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Stoke City16/08/2008

VCheltenham 2-3 Stoke City26/08/2008

Overall

VStoke City 2-1 Bristol City19/04/2008

VColchester United 0-1 Stoke City26/04/2008

DStoke City 0-0 Leicester04/05/2008

LBolton Wanderers 3-1 Stoke City16/08/2008

VStoke City 3-2 Aston Villa23/08/2008

VCheltenham 2-3 Stoke City26/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

162	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1086
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
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
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (1 times)

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mido	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ricardo Fuller
Mido	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ricardo Fuller
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Liam Lawrence
Mido	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ricardo Fuller

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

27 v

10 d

8 l

86 gf

40 ga

Away

45 matches

10 v

10 d

25 l

49 gf

80 ga

Total

90 matches

37 v

20 d

33 l

135 gf

120 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

25 v

10 d

10 l

80 gf

49 ga

Away

45 matches

8 v

10 d

27 l

40 gf

86 ga

Total

90 matches

33 v

20 d

37 l

120 gf

135 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 04, 1933
Home	6 - 1	November 04, 1933

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	September 19, 1936
Away	3 - 1	February 23, 1980

Latest head to head

February 01, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Stoke City

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

August 23, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Middlesbrough

0 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

April 08, 1995 - First Division 1994/1995

Middlesbrough

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

December 31, 1994 - First Division 1994/1995

Stoke City

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

December 11, 1993 - First Division 1993/1994

Stoke City

3 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

David Mills	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Bosko Jankovic	2 goals	1981 - 1981
John Hickton	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Terry Cochrane	2 goals	1981 - 1981
David Armstrong	1 goal	1976 - 1976
David Shearer	1 goal	1981 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Garth Crooks	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Jimmy Greenhoff	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Lee Chapman	2 goals	1981 - 1982
Jeffery Cook	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Steven Waddington	1 goal	1976 - 1976
John Ritchie	1 goal	1974 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Stoke City

John Craggs	11 matches	1974 - 1982
Jim Platt	10 matches	1974 - 1982
David Armstrong	10 matches	1974 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	8 matches	1976 - 1982
Stuart Boam	6 matches	1974 - 1977
Willie Maddren	6 matches	1974 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Alan Dodd	12 matches	1974 - 1982
Denis Smith	6 matches	1974 - 1980
Mike Pejic	5 matches	1974 - 1977
Peter Fox	5 matches	1980 - 1982
Brendan O'Callaghan	5 matches	1979 - 1982
Jimmy Greenhoff	5 matches	1974 - 1976