Middlesbrough vs Manchester City live: Score and updates from the Riverside as City try to secure a place in the top four
All of the action from the Premier League fixture at the Riverside
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Your support makes all the difference.City shaded the Manchester derby on Thursday but failed to convert any of the chances that came their way. They’re still one point ahead of United and five clear of Arsenal in the race for fourth after the 0-0 stalemate, and they’ll see their final away trip of the season at The Riverside as a glorious opportunity to tighten their grip on Champions League qualification.
Follow all the action with our Premier League live blog below...
What time does it start?
Middlesbrough vs Manchester City kicks off at 14:05 on Sunday 30th April
Where can I watch it?
The match will not be shown live. Highlights will be shown at 22:00 on Sky Sports 1.
It’s a big game for…
Willy Caballero: With Claudio Bravo ruled out for the rest of the campaign, Caballero has four opportunities to prove to Pep Guardiola that he can assume the mantle going into next season. Bravo looked shaky against United on Thursday and despite bringing the ex-Barcelona stopper in in the summer, Guardiola must be looking at shoring up his options.
Weird stat…
Middlesbrough’s aggregate score in their last two home wins over City is 10-1.
Remember when…
Middlesbrough humiliated Sven-Göran Eriksson’s Manchester City 8-1 at The Riverside in the tail-end of the 2007-08 season. Boro’s goalscorers that day were a collection of players you’ve since forgotten about. Fábio Rochemback and Jérémie Aliadière braced the score sheet and the fabled Afonso Alves bagged a hat-trick.
Player to watch…
Gabriel Jesus: Jesus looked sprightly in his return from injury on Thursday and he will be confident of securing more game time as his match fitness improves. The Brazilian scored three goals in five appearances before picking up a metatarsal injury away at Bournemouth in March.
Past three-meetings…
Middlesbrough 0 Manchester City 2 (Silva, Aguero), FA Cup, March 2017
Manchester City 1 (Aguero) Middlesbrough (de Roon), Premier League, November 2016
Manchester City 0 Middlesbrough 2 (Bamford, Kike), FA Cup, January 2015
Form guide…
Middlesbrough: DLDLLW
Manchester City: DLWWLD
Odds…
Middlesbrough to win: 21/2
Manchester City to win: 27/100
Draw: 24/5
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
45 mins: PENALTY! Rashford goes down in the box and United have the chance to score from the spot.
GOAL! Rooney scores, rolling the ball low into the bottom right corner of the goal.
That's his seventh of the season.
HALF-TIME: Manchester United 1 Swansea 0
United lead at the break. But they've been very unlucky. In truth, it wasn't a penalty, with television replays showing that Rashford dived before making contact with Fabianski.
But it was still very, very silly of the Swansea keeper to come haring off his line like that without claiming the ball.
Chris Sutton certainly doesn't think it was a penalty...
46 mins: The second-half is underway!
Can Swansea get back in this?
55 mins: Swansea have started the second-half at a good pace.
Sigurdsson swings in a long free-kick which Llorente rises to meet, but the Spaniard heads well over the bar.
61 mins: Disastrous news for United.
Bailly is down injured and has to be replaced. He hobbles off and is replaced by Matteo Darmian, with Michael Carrick dropping into defence.
United have a full blown injury crisis on their hands.
69 mins: Swansea are flooding forward in search of a precious point but they have injury problems of their own.
Just minutes after coming on, Montero is down clutching his hamstring.
He's being taken off on a stretcher.
77 mins: Huge chance for Swansea.
They have a free-kick 25-yards out.
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