4 MID

0 SOU

MID 4

0 SOU

Middlesbrough
-
Southampton

Championship, Round 26
Sunday, January 4, 2026 3:00 PM
Riverside Stadium

Result

4-0

Match Recap

Morgan Whittaker 54'

Samuel Silvera 61'

Morgan Whittaker 66'

A. Browne 76'

Match Events

Second Half 4 - 0

S. Nypan

Morgan Whittaker

90'

M. Hamilton

Hayden Hackney

90'

85'

Ross Stewart

Joshua Quarshie

84'

Yellow Card

Alexander Gilbert

Delano Burgzorg

81'

Joshua Quarshie

Yellow Card

A. Browne

Goal

76'

74'

C. Archer

Adam Armstrong

74'

Elias Jelert

T. Fellows

74'

Welington

R. Manning

73'

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Yellow Card

68'

Cameron Bragg

Yellow Card

Morgan Whittaker

Goal

66'

64'

R. Manning

Yellow Card

Samuel Silvera

Luke Ayling

61'

Cameron Bragg

Caspar Jander

Morgan Whittaker

Matthew Targett

54'

First Half 0 - 0

A. Browne

Alex Bangura

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

1.85

1.09

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 26
Date	January 4, 2026
Time	15:00
Venue	Riverside Stadium
Result	4 - 0

Lineups

Middlesbrough

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

3. M. Targett Matthew Targett

24. A. Bangura Alex Bangura

7. H. Hackney Hayden Hackney

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

22. S. Silvera Samuel Silvera

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

10. D. Burgzorg Delano Burgzorg

9. T. Conway Tommy Conway

9. A. Armstrong Adam Armstrong

13. L. Scienza L. Scienza

10. F. Azaz F. Azaz

3. R. Manning R. Manning

20. C. Jander Caspar Jander

4. F. Downes Flynn Downes

18. T. Fellows T. Fellows

17. J. Quarshie Joshua Quarshie

15. N. Wood Nathan Wood

6. T. Harwood-Bellis Taylor Harwood-Bellis

31. G. Bazunu G. Bazunu

Southampton

Substitutes

Middlesbrough

Southampton

Unused Players

Middlesbrough

Southampton

Form before the match

Middlesbrough

Southampton

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

September 27, 2025

Southampton

Middlesbrough

Championship 2023/24

March 29, 2024

Southampton

Middlesbrough

September 23, 2023

Middlesbrough

Southampton

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	33	19	8	6	68	36	32	65
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
4	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
5	Millwall	33	16	8	9	42	40	2	56
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
8	Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50
9	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	45	40	5	49
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
12	Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48
13	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
14	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
15	Sheffield Utd	33	14	3	16	47	46	1	45
16	Stoke City	33	12	8	13	36	31	5	44
17	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	43	44	-1	39
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	28	44	-16	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	33	1	8	24	20	66	-46	-7

Updated January 4, 2026 4:55 PM