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A Jeremie Aliadiere goal was enough to see off Premiership strugglers Wigan as Middlesbrough defeated Steve Bruce's side 1-0 at the Riverside to help Gareth Southgate's side push themselves a little way out of the relegation area.
It was a very dull encounter at the Riverside as both teams fought a relegation six pointer.
The scoreline barely reflected the disparity between the two sides as Boro tore into their Riverside visitors and deserved far more than Aliadiere's solitary 18th-minute strike.
Wigan could barely contain Gareth Southgate's side and, despite fielding new signing Marlon King alongside Marcus Bent and Emile Heskey in an attacking line-up, offered little up front.
Middlesbrough (4-4-2): Schwarzer â Young, Huth, Wheater, Grounds â OâNeil, Arca, Rochemback, Downing (Cattermole, 88) â Aliadiere (Johnson, 72), Tuncay (Mido, 34)
Unused Substitutes: Turnbull, Riggott
Wigan (3-4-3): Kirkland â Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner â Kilbane, Brown, Palacios Valencia â King (Koumas, 52), Heskey, Bent (Sibierski, 74)
Unused Substitutes: Pollitt, Taylor, Boyce
Goals
1-0 (Middlesbrough) Aliadiere, 19
Written by majicka
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