Tuncay took time to settle in the Premier League. He went 12 league games without a goal,untilbut hethen scored his3 firstin Premiership3 goalgames. forThe Middlesbroughfirst was on [[1 December]][[2007]] in a 1–1 draw against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]]., He scored histhe second, the following week in a 2–1 victory over [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. and aHis third, in as many games in athe 1–0 victory over [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], was a fine volley from a [[Stewart Downing]] cross which won that won BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Month for December 2007, and was later nominated for Goal of the Season. He scored his fourth goal of the season against [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] to help Middlesbrough to a 1-0 away win. His fifth goal was a seventh minute header against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] to give Middlesbrough the lead. UnfortunatelyHowever, due toa [[Fernando Torres]]'shat trickhattrick, meant Middlesbrough lost 3-2 at [[Anfield]]. On the 31st match day of the season he again scored the winning goal against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] in a match that ended 1–0. Tuncay then scored two goals against [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]] and [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] later on in the season to take his tally to eight goals for the season. In his first season for Middlesbrough he was their second leading goalscorer behind Stewart Downing with nine.
