FA Cup · ENG · Round 4

Middlesbrough
1 - 0 Full time
Accrington Stanley

Riverside Stadium

Lineups

Middlesbrough4-4-2
DK1Konstantopoulos
GF3↓9'Friend
B5Bernardo
BG6Gibson
F2Fabio
VF11↓61'Fischer
AC8Clayton
GL7Leadbitter
SD19⚽Downing
PB20↓70'Bamford
RG29Gestede
MR12Rodak
HR32Rodgers
MH3Hughes
OB5↓90'Beckles
JD30Donacien
AD4↓74'Davies
SC15Clare
SC28Conneely
RB14↓74'Boco
BK29Kee
SM11McConville
Accrington Stanley4-4-2

Middlesbrough substitutes

22 Dael Fry ↑9'
37 Adama Traoré ↑61'
18 Cristhian Stuani ↑70'
34 Adam Forshaw
10 Álvaro Negredo
14 Marten de Roon
26 Victor Valdes

Coach: Aitor Karanka

Accrington Stanley substitutes

7 Jordan Clark ↑74'
10 Shay McCartan ↑74'
9 Terry Gornell ↑90'
20 Aaron Chapman
19 Brayden Shaw
24 Jonathan Edwards
18 Steven Hewitt

Coach: John Coleman

Match events

9'↑ Dael Fry ↓ George Friend⇄
14'Seamus Conneely
Second half
61'↑ Adama Traoré ↓ Viktor Fischer⇄
64'Grant Leadbitter
69'Stewart Downing assist: Grant Leadbitter 1 - 0⚽
70'↑ Cristhian Stuani ↓ Patrick Bamford⇄
74'↑ Jordan Clark ↓ Arron Davies⇄
74'↑ Shay McCartan ↓ Romuald Boco⇄
81'Adam Clayton
85'Sean Clare
88'Stewart Downing
90'↑ Terry Gornell ↓ Omar Beckles⇄
90'Ben Gibson
90'Harvey Rodgers

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 28 January 2017, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

0Middlesbrough wins0Draws2Accrington Stanley wins

2 past meetings on record. Biggest Middlesbrough win: Accrington Stanley 4–3 Middlesbrough (2018). Biggest Accrington Stanley win: Middlesbrough 1–2 Accrington Stanley (2013).

21 Jul 2018Accrington Stanley 4 - 3 MiddlesbroughClub Friendlies
6 Aug 2013Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Accrington StanleyLeague Cup