5 MID

1 WAT

MID 5

1 WAT

Middlesbrough
-
Watford

Championship, Round 45
Saturday, April 25, 2026 12:30 PM
Riverside Stadium

Result

5-1

Match Recap

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	45	27	11	7	93	45	48	92
2	Ipswich	45	22	15	8	77	47	30	81
Promotion Playoffs
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	25	79
5	Southampton	45	21	14	10	79	55	24	77
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	4	70

7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	3	70
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	9	69
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	8	65
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	1	63
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51
Relegation
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3

Updated April 25, 2026 2:26 PM