Premier League Cup

Armstrong goal keeps Boro hopes alive

24 Feb 2018
Luke Armstrong, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough win 2-1 to set up a must-win final match to reach the knockout stages

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Luke Armstrong struck the winning goal as Middlesbrough earned a 2-1 comeback win over Derby County to keep their chances of reaching the Round of 16 alive.

With the match level at 1-1, the 21-year-old striker fired in from close range at Heritage Park on 83 minutes.

Just four minutes before, Boro equalised thanks to a Hayden Coulson header from a Liam Hegarty cross. Lewis Walker had put Derby ahead on 13 minutes.

Derby will finish as Group A winners despite defeat, but the result means Middlesbrough are three points behind second-placed Birmingham City.

Middlesbrough face Nottingham Forest in the only remaining match of the group.

Both teams are level on six points, with a better goal difference than Birmingham. Victory for either would send them above the Blues into the knockout stages. A draw would send Birmingham through.

See: Boro report | Derby report

Next fixtures

Boro: 26 Feb v Forest (H) PL Cup
Derby: 2 Mar v Spurs (A) PL2

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