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

Ryan Manning

73'

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Yellow Card

68'

Cameron Bragg

Yellow Card

Morgan Whittaker

Goal

66'

64'

Ryan 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 Ryan 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	41	25	9	7	84	42	42	84
2	Ipswich	39	20	12	7	69	40	29	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	41	20	12	9	62	41	21	72
4	Millwall	41	21	9	11	56	47	9	72
5	Hull City	41	20	8	13	63	58	5	68
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	41	18	9	14	60	51	9	63
9	Norwich	41	17	7	17	55	48	7	58
10	Watford	41	14	15	12	52	49	3	57
11	Bristol City	41	16	9	16	52	51	1	57
12	QPR	41	16	9	16	58	63	-5	57
13	Stoke City	41	15	9	17	48	45	3	54
14	Preston	41	13	15	13	48	52	-4	54
15	Swansea	41	15	9	17	49	54	-5	54
16	Birmingham	41	14	11	16	49	52	-3	53
17	Sheffield Utd	41	15	6	20	57	58	-1	51
18	Charlton	41	12	13	16	38	49	-11	49
19	Blackburn	41	12	11	18	37	49	-12	47
20	West Brom	41	11	12	18	42	56	-14	45
21	Portsmouth	40	10	12	18	40	57	-17	42
Relegation
22	Leicester	41	11	14	16	54	63	-9	41
23	Oxford United	41	9	14	18	39	54	-15	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	41	1	10	30	25	82	-57	-5

Updated January 4, 2026 4:55 PM