Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland
Key events
View all- M. Tavernier
FT 1–0
Predictions & odds
View allModel outlook versus market-implied chances (overround removed from decimal odds). For entertainment and analysis only — not betting advice.
Estimated outcome
Estimated outcome mix from Sportra's pre-match model
- Middlesbrough53.1%
- Draw23.8%
- Sunderland23.2%
Venue
Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough · England
- Address
- Dockside Road
- Surface
- grass
- Capacity
- 34988
Match
Jeremy Simpson, England
Round 16
- Referee
- Jeremy Simpson, England
- Round
- 16
- Date
Competition
League · England
- Country
- England (GB-ENG)
- Season
- 2017
- Dates
- 2017-08-04 → 2018-05-26
Match statistics
View allKey metrics
Visual snapshot of possession, chance quality, and shooting.
Possession
46%46%54%54%
Total shots
640%960%
Shots on target
457%343%
Team form & competition
View all- #9 Position
- 48 Points
- 14-6-11 W-D-L
- 40/29 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 3-0 / 0-3
- Worst defeats
- 0-3 / 2-1
- #23 Position
- 26 Points
- 5-11-15 W-D-L
- 34/55 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 3-0 / 1-4
- Worst defeats
- 0-3 / 4-0
Head to head
View all1Middlesbroughwins
1Drawsmatches
0Sunderlandwins
Recorded meetings: 2 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
- Highest scoring
- Sunderland 1–1 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough most goals
- Middlesbrough 1–0 Sunderland
- Sunderland most goals
- Sunderland 1–1 Middlesbrough
Match headlines

The numbers suggest Chelsea are pushovers as they slide down the Premier League table... and club legend GUS POYET says it's time to prove they're up for a fight
KIERAN GILL: Morgan Rogers insisted it was no intentional drive-by. That he did not mean to knee Trai Hume in the head while the Sunderland defender was sitting up after a foul.
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Sunderland fired more attempts (9 vs 6 shots). Middlesbrough was more accurate in front of goal (67% on target vs 33%). Sunderland held more of the ball (54% possession).