Manchester City 1 Middlesbrough 2
Outcome: Won
Date: 4/9/1988
Manager: Bruce Rioch
Attendance: 19443
Competition: DivisionTwo
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Gary Hamilton | |||
| Stuart Ripley | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Bernie Slaven | |||
| Stuart Ripley | |||
| Trevor Senior | |||
| Paul Kerr | |||
| Mark Burke | |||
| Gary Hamilton | |||
| Colin Cooper | |||
| Gary Pallister | |||
| Tony Mowbray | |||
| Brian Laws | |||
| Stephen Pears |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |