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Commentary
4¹HACKNEY given a yellow card by DOWD for a clumsy foul.
8¹BALOTELLI made space on the left and dragged the ball to NELSON who fired the ball over.
12¹McNAIR booked for a late challenge.
13¹GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Darlington, after KRAFTH had fouled NELSON which KALAJDZIC easily converted. (1-0 Darlington)
20¹LEA SILIKI worked the ball to HOWSON, RODRIGO MUNIZ latched onto his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
22¹A good ball from NELSON on the right bobbled toward BALOTELLI who sliced his shot just wide.
25¹The Middlesbrough 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from BALOTELLI.
26¹GOAL!! Darlington's KALAJDZIC beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (2-0 Darlington)
30¹KALAJDZIC poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
32¹A delightful save prevented JOVETIC from scoring a lovely goal.
34¹KERKEZ given a yellow card by the referee.
35¹The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from HACKNEY fell just wide.
39¹GOAL!! Darlington were awarded a penalty after a foul on NELSON and KALAJDZIC put it past the Middlesbrough 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (3-0 Darlington)
42¹A corner was collected by LEES-MELOU who forced an effort just beyond the far post.
0²The referee cautions BALOTELLI for a bad challenge.
12²An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Darlington 'keeper by KERKEZ.
13²NELSON rasped the ball through a ruck of players but STEFFEN was a match for it as he dived to his right.
14²HACKNEY's shot was well held by the Darlington 'keeper.
14²A tame strike from HACKNEY trickled agonisingly wide.
39²A shot from KERKEZ seemed a certain goal but the Darlington 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
40²A pin-point pass was collected by KERKEZ and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
45²BALOTELLI sent off.

 
Darlington
 
League position: 17
Home league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WWLLLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Hugo LLORIS8 17½Zack STEFFEN
Frédéric GUILBERT6½27½Emil KRAFTH(c)
Yasser LAROUCI6½37 Milos KERKEZ
Pierre LEES-MELOU7½46½Hayden HACKNEY
FABINHO6½57 Maxime ESTÈVE
IGOR Julio6½66 Patrick McNAIR
Salis ABDUL SAMED6½77½Jonny HOWSON
Reiss NELSON6½87 Lukas NMECHA
(p)Sasa KALAJDZIC7 97½RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho(p)
(f)Mario BALOTELLI5½106 James LEA SILIKI(f)
Stevan JOVETIC6½116 Marcus FORSS
Manager
Rabbi MATONDO  12  Matt CROOKS
Jon FLATT  13  Daniel BACHMANN
Marcus MADDISON  14  Isaiah JONES
Federico MACHEDA  15  Matthew HOPPE
Konstantinos MAVROPANOS  16  Pharrell WILLIS
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 15
Away league form: LXXL
Overall league form: WLXXLXWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Darlington 3 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 24,900, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Phil Dowd 5½)

Kalajdzic 13¹ (pen), Kalajdzic 26¹, Kalajdzic 39¹ (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
Balotelli 45² 
Balotelli 0²Hackney 4¹, McNair 12¹, Kerkez 34¹
104
1414
47
109
102
2011
76
48%52%
Man of the match: Hugo Lloris