FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Middlesbrough
1 - 1 Full time
Tottenham Hotspur

Riverside Stadium

Lineups

Middlesbrough3-4-2-1
TM1Mejias
JH16Howson
DF6Fry
PM17McNair
DS29Spence
AC8Clayton
GS22Saville
HC33↓67'Coulson
PR19↓69'Roberts
MT7Tavernier
AF11⚽↓76'Fletcher
PG22Gazzaniga
ED15Dier
TA4Alderweireld
JV5Vertonghen
SA24Aurier
HW8↓56'Winks
CE23Eriksen
RS19↓56'Sessegnon
DA20Alli
LM27⚽Moura
HS7Son
Tottenham Hotspur3-5-2

Middlesbrough substitutes

21 Marvin Johnson 5.9 ↑67'
14 Rudy Gestede 6.4 ↑69'
20 Lukas Nmecha ↑76'
37 Ben Liddle
26 Lewis Wing
25 Nathan Wood
43 Solomon Brynn

Coach: Jonathan Woodgate

Tottenham Hotspur substitutes

11 Erik Lamela 6.1 ↑56'
18 Giovani Lo Celso 6.6 ↑56'
6 Davinson Sánchez
39 Japhet Tanganga
13 Michel Vorm
29 Oliver Skipp
52 Troy Parrott

Coach: José Mourinho

Match events

45'Dele Alli
Second half
50'Ashley Fletcher assist: George Saville 1 - 0⚽
56'↑ Erik Lamela ↓ Harry Winks⇄
56'↑ Giovani Lo Celso ↓ Ryan Sessegnon⇄
61'Lucas Moura assist: Serge Aurier 1 - 1⚽
67'↑ Marvin Johnson ↓ Hayden Coulson⇄
69'↑ Rudy Gestede ↓ Patrick Roberts⇄
76'↑ Lukas Nmecha ↓ Ashley Fletcher⇄
85'George Saville
85'Erik Lamela

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 5 January 2020, 14:01 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

1Middlesbrough wins0Draws3Tottenham Hotspur wins

4 past meetings on record. Biggest Middlesbrough win: Middlesbrough 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur (2022). Biggest Tottenham Hotspur win: Middlesbrough 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur (2016).

1 Mar 2022Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Tottenham HotspurFA Cup
14 Jan 2020Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 MiddlesbroughFA Cup
4 Feb 2017Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 MiddlesbroughPremier League
24 Sep 2016Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Tottenham HotspurPremier League