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Commentary

4¹ MALEN clipped the ball through a crowd of players but GAZZANIGA was a match for it as he dived to his right. 5¹ A shot from EMERSON PALMIERI held no problem for the 'keeper. 6¹ A pin-point pass was collected by NKETIAH and his right foot shot flew narrowly over. 10¹ The Sheffield Weds. 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful shot. 15¹ DE JONG beat three Middlesbrough players and fired a great chance over the bar. 16¹ GOAL!! A long ball from EMERSON PALMIERI down the middle was collected by the lurking NKETIAH who flicked a right foot shot in off the post. (1-0 Middlesbrough) 25¹ MALEN brought the ball away from TRAORÉ and flicked a weak shot past the post. 29¹ GOAL!! A long ball from MALANDA had the Sheffield Weds. defence back-pedalling and NKETIAH made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (2-0 Middlesbrough) 30¹ A high foul gets TRAORÉ a yellow card. 30¹ A free-kick from TRINCÃO went over the bar. 45¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from MALEN. 2² TRAORÉ beat TIELEMANS and drove the ball to UGARTE who pulled his shot wide. 4² TRAORÉ headed just beyond the far post. 18² GYÖKERES drove a left foot shot inches wide from close range. 20² GOAL!! A terrible backpass by THEATE enabled HLOZEK to run in and slide the ball past KEPA. (3-0 Middlesbrough) 23² A cross from TIELEMANS left MALEN in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 26² MALEN nutmegged McNEIL but placed the ball into the arms of GAZZANIGA. 28² A shot from McNEIL seemed a certain goal but the Sheffield Weds. 'keeper managed to force the ball clear. 30² GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by McNEIL was blasted into the back of the net by THEATE. (3-1 Middlesbrough) 37² MAATSEN steamed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 43² A deadly shot from PEDRO GONÇALVES was saved by the Middlesbrough 'keeper. 44² A penalty box scramble resulted in PEDRO GONÇALVES knocking a low shot over.

Middlesbrough   League position: 7 Home league form: XWWW Overall league form: XWWWWOWO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Paulo GAZZANIGA 7  1 6  KEPA Arrizabalaga Axel TUANZEBE 7  2 7  WESLEY Vinícius EMERSON PALMIERI dos Santos 7½ 3 7  Ian MAATSEN Manuel UGARTE 6½ 4 7½ Arthur THEATE TUTA 7  5 7  Igor ZUBELDIA Adilson MALANDA 6  6 6  Youri TIELEMANS Adama TRAORÉ 7  7 6  Riccardo ORSOLINI(f) Dwight McNEIL 7½ 8 7  Frenkie DE JONG(c) (p)Eddie NKETIAH 7  9 6½ Francisco TRINCÃO (f)Bertrand TRAORÉ 5½ 10 7  Viktor GYÖKERES(p) Adam HLOZEK 6½ 11 7  Donyell MALEN Manager Stewart THWAITE Ché ADAMS    12    Maxime ESTÈVE Marcus BETTINELLI    13    Strahinja PAVLOVIC Naby SARR    14    Khéphren THURAM-ULIEN Chuba AKPOM    15 7½ PEDRO António GONÇALVES Darragh LENIHAN    16 6  Arnaud KALIMUENDO

Sheffield Weds.   League position: 2 Away league form: XXLW Overall league form: XWXWWWLW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Middlesbrough 3 Sheffield Weds. 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 34,682, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Paul Musselwhite 7½) Nketiah 16¹, Nketiah 29¹, Hlozek 20² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Theate 30²   ZubeldiaóPedro Gonçalves 20², WesleyóKalimuendo 30²     Traoré 30¹   2 3 6 16 8 4 6 7 5 8 11 15 3 5 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Dwight McNeil ¶