Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur, 24 September 2016

Score2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur
RefereeGraham Scott
CompetitionPremier League
VenueRiverside Stadium
Attendance32,703

View Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This was Tottenham Hotspur's second win in their last 12 Premier League visits to the Riverside Stadium.

1 Middlesbrough

2 Tottenham Hotspur

Goals:

Ben Gibson 65 G

Goals:

SON Heung-min 7 G
SON Heung-min 23 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder George Friend
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Forward Álvaro Negredo
Forward Cristhian Stuani

Starting lineup:

Hugo Lloris Goalkeeper
Toby Alderweireld Defender
Jan Vertonghen Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Ben Davies Defender/Midfielder
Dele Alli Midfielder
Christian Eriksen Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Victor Wanyama Midfielder
SON Heung-min Midfielder/Forward
Vincent Janssen Forward

Substitutions:

Jordan Rhodes for Álvaro Negredo 59
Adama Traoré for Gastón Ramirez 59
Adam Forshaw for Adam Clayton 82

Substitutions:

Érik Lamela for Moussa Sissoko 70
Harry Winks for Vincent Janssen 86
Georges-Kévin N'Koudou for Christian Eriksen 90

Cards:

Adama Traoré 87 Y
George Friend 90 Y

Cards:

Kyle Walker 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender/Centre back Daniel Ayala
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Emilio Nsué
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Jordan Rhodes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Michel Vorm
Defender Cameron Carter-Vickers
Defender Kevin Wimmer
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Trippier
Midfielder Érik Lamela
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward Georges-Kévin N'Koudou

Comments:

League position: 15th This was the 250th Premier League game played at the Riverside Stadium (won 98 and lost 78). Middlesbrough had now failed to win any of their opening three home Premier League games of a season for the first time since 2000-01. Ben Gibson's goal was the first that Boro had scored in the second-half of a game in this Premier League season. George Friend was booked in the sixth minute of added time in the second half.

Comments:

League position: 2nd Tottenham Hotspur had now completed their best six-game start to a top division league season since 1965-66. They also won four and drew two of their first six games in their 1977-78 League Division Two promotion season. Spurs had now remained unbeaten in their opening six Premier League games of a season for only the second time (previously in 2004-05). They had now won 23 of their last 25 Premier League games against newly promoted sides since losing 1-0 to Queens Park Rangers in April 2012.

1 Middlesbrough

Goals:

Ben Gibson 65 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder George Friend
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Forward Álvaro Negredo
Forward Cristhian Stuani

Substitutions:

Jordan Rhodes for Álvaro Negredo 59
Adama Traoré for Gastón Ramirez 59
Adam Forshaw for Adam Clayton 82

Cards:

Adama Traoré 87 Y
George Friend 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender/Centre back Daniel Ayala
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Emilio Nsué
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Jordan Rhodes

Comments:

League position: 15th This was the 250th Premier League game played at the Riverside Stadium (won 98 and lost 78). Middlesbrough had now failed to win any of their opening three home Premier League games of a season for the first time since 2000-01. Ben Gibson's goal was the first that Boro had scored in the second-half of a game in this Premier League season. George Friend was booked in the sixth minute of added time in the second half.

2 Tottenham Hotspur

Goals:

SON Heung-min 7 G
SON Heung-min 23 G

Starting lineup:

Hugo Lloris Goalkeeper
Toby Alderweireld Defender
Jan Vertonghen Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Ben Davies Defender/Midfielder
Dele Alli Midfielder
Christian Eriksen Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Victor Wanyama Midfielder
SON Heung-min Midfielder/Forward
Vincent Janssen Forward

Substitutions:

Érik Lamela for Moussa Sissoko 70
Harry Winks for Vincent Janssen 86
Georges-Kévin N'Koudou for Christian Eriksen 90

Cards:

Kyle Walker 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Michel Vorm
Defender Cameron Carter-Vickers
Defender Kevin Wimmer
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Trippier
Midfielder Érik Lamela
Midfielder Harry Winks
Midfielder/Forward Georges-Kévin N'Koudou

Comments:

League position: 2nd Tottenham Hotspur had now completed their best six-game start to a top division league season since 1965-66. They also won four and drew two of their first six games in their 1977-78 League Division Two promotion season. Spurs had now remained unbeaten in their opening six Premier League games of a season for only the second time (previously in 2004-05). They had now won 23 of their last 25 Premier League games against newly promoted sides since losing 1-0 to Queens Park Rangers in April 2012.