English League Championship

FT Friday, December 4, 2015
Middlesbrough WLWWL 2
–
Ipswich Town DWWDW 0
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MID022
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Portman Road · 17,662 att.

Match Report

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Middlesbrough go top after David Nugent again scores against Ipswich

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
6
53.9
Possession
46.1
16
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
242
458
Passes
387
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
5
Accurate Crosses
8
24
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.4
90
Long Balls
98
25
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
15
33
Clearances
19

Head to Head

IPS leads series 3-2

Lineups

IPS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dean GerkenG
  2. 6Christophe BerraCD-L
  3. 5Tommy SmithCD-R
  4. 3Jonas KnudsenLB
  5. 4Luke ChambersRB
  6. 8Cole SkuseCM
  7. 22Jonathan DouglasLM
  8. 7Ainsley Maitland-NilesRM
  9. 9Daryl MurphyF
  10. 20Freddie SearsLF
  11. 11Brett PitmanRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Giles CokeSUB
  2. 10David McGoldrickSUB
  3. 26Adam McDonnellSUB
  4. 2Jonathan ParrSUB
  5. 21Piotr MalarczykSUB
  6. 18Jay TabbSUB
  7. 33Bartosz BialkowskiSUB

MID · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dimitrios KonstantopoulosG
  2. 6Ben GibsonCD-L
  3. 4Daniel AyalaCD-R
  4. 3George FriendLB
  5. 24Emilio NsueRB
  6. 19Stewart DowningAM
  7. 7Grant LeadbitterLM
  8. 8Adam ClaytonRM
  9. 35David NugentF
  10. 27Albert AdomahAM-L
  11. 18Cristhian StuaniAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Enrique GarcíaSUB
  2. 13Tomás MejíasSUB
  3. 31Diego FabbriniSUB
  4. 5Fernando AmorebietaSUB
  5. 26Tomás KalasSUB
  6. 36Bruno ZuculiniSUB
  7. 34Adam ForshawSUB

Timeline

  1. 41' Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 51' Grant Leadbitter (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 54' Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Middlesbrough 1. Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
  4. 58' Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Substitution, Ipswich Town. Giles Coke replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  6. 74' Goal! Ipswich Town 0, Middlesbrough 2. David Nugent (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stewart Downing following a fast break.
  7. 85' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Adam Forshaw replaces Cristhian Stuani.
  8. 86' Substitution, Ipswich Town. David McGoldrick replaces Brett Pitman.

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