Middlesbrough vs Wolves 1-0

Middlesbrough beat Wolves 1-0 at Riverside Stadium, with Will Lankshear's second-half finish settling a tight contest. Tommy Conway set it up on 57 minutes and Middlesbrough held on after Wolves changed three players on 61 minutes.

There were no goals before the break, and the match went in level at 0-0.

Lankshear opened the scoring on 57 minutes from Conway's assist, and that proved enough. Wolves responded with three substitutions on 61 minutes, sending on Jordan James, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Fer López, while Middlesbrough made two changes on 70 minutes after Sebastian Berhalter and Tommy Conway had played their part. Further home changes followed on 87 minutes, with Lankshear going off for Kyle Joseph and Amario Cozier-Duberry replaced by Max Arfsten, as Middlesbrough protected the lead through the closing stages.

Middlesbrough had 52% of the possession and 493 passes to Wolves' 438, with 14 shots to 12 and 6 on target to 2. Wolves won 6 corners to Middlesbrough's 4, but Middlesbrough finished with the higher xG at 1 to 0.38 and more saves, 5 to 2. The home side also had 4 offsides to Wolves' 2 and 10 fouls to 12.

There were three bookings for each side. Sebastian Berhalter was booked on 11 minutes, Neto Borges on 40 and Myles Peart-Harris in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Middlesbrough. Wolves had Yacouba Nasser Djiga booked on 12 minutes, Rafiki Said Ahamada on 53 and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde on 66. There were no red cards.