5 MID

1 WAT

MID 5

1 WAT

Middlesbrough - Watford

Result

5-1

Morgan Whittaker 6'

David Strelec 45+1'

James Abankwah 48'

Morgan Whittaker 58'

Tommy Conway (pen.) 75'

Tommy Conway 90+2'

Match Events

Second Half 5 - 1

Tommy Conway

David Strelec

90+2'

Aidan Morris

Yellow Card

85'

I. Louza

Yellow Card

Samuel Silvera

J. Sarmiento

83'

82'

T. Ince

Marc Bola

Tommy Conway

Penalty Goal

75'

74'

James Abankwah

Yellow Card

Leo Castledine

Sontje Hansen

64'

Dael Fry

Adilson Malanda

63'

Tommy Conway

Morgan Whittaker

63'

J. Grieves

N. Mendy

63'

Nestory Irankunda

L. Kjerrumgaard

62'

Mamadou Doumbia

Edoardo Bove

62'

Othmane Maamma

Jeremy Ngakia

Morgan Whittaker

Goal

58'

48'

James Abankwah

Kévin Keben Biakolo

Matthew Targett

Alex Bangura

46'

First Half 2 - 0

David Strelec

Morgan Whittaker

45+1'

Morgan Whittaker

Goal

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

57%

43%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

2.33

0.76

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 45
Date	April 25, 2026
Time	12:30
Venue	Riverside Stadium
Result	5 - 1

Lineups

Middlesbrough

31. S. Brynn Solomon Brynn

2. C. Brittain Callum Brittain

12. L. Ayling Luke Ayling

29. A. Malanda Adilson Malanda

24. A. Bangura Alex Bangura

14. A. Gilbert Alexander Gilbert

18. A. Morris Aidan Morris

11. M. Whittaker Morgan Whittaker

45. J. Sarmiento J. Sarmiento

27. S. Hansen Sontje Hansen

13. D. Strelec David Strelec

15. E. Bove Edoardo Bove

9. L. Kjerrumgaard L. Kjerrumgaard

16. M. Bola Marc Bola

39. E. Kayembe E. Kayembe

10. I. Louza I. Louza

23. N. Mendy N. Mendy

2. J. Ngakia Jeremy Ngakia

4. K. K. Biakolo Kévin Keben Biakolo

6. M. Pollock M. Pollock

25. J. Abankwah James Abankwah

1. E. Selvik Egil Selvik

Watford

Substitutes

Middlesbrough

Watford

Unused Players

Middlesbrough

Watford

Form before the match

Middlesbrough

Watford

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

November 1, 2025

Watford

Middlesbrough

Championship 2024/25

February 15, 2025

Middlesbrough

Watford

October 5, 2024

Watford

Middlesbrough

Championship 2023/24

May 4, 2024

Middlesbrough

Watford

September 30, 2023

Watford

Middlesbrough

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73

7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

Updated May 20, 2026 3:33 PM