Bristol City - Middlesbrough

Bristol City

Championship Season 2025 - Round 22

Saturday 20 December 2025 15:00

2 - 0

Finished

Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Middlesbrough

Result

Ball possession

29%

71%

Timeline

16'

Riley McGree (out)
Sverre Halseth Nypan (in)

Emil Riis Jakobsen

1-0

17'

25'

Morgan Whittaker

33'

Matt Targett

Sinclair Armstrong

36'

Anis Mehmeti (out)
Robert Atkinson (in)

54'

Robert Atkinson

2-0

62'

73'

Tommy Conway (out)
Mamadou Kaly Sene (in)

73'

Matt Targett (out)
Alex Bangura (in)

Emil Riis Jakobsen (out)
Fally Mayulu (in)

74'

84'

Alex Gilbert (out)
Delano Burgzorg (in)

Cameron Pring

87'

Luke Ayling

Cameron Pring (out)
Hayden Roberts (in)

90'

Sinclair Armstrong (out)
Yu Hirakawa (in)

90'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Bristol City	2.70	2.66	2.68	2.63	2.62	2.75	2.75	2.68	2.79	2.66	2.90	2.80	2.62
X Draw	3.60	3.60	3.38	3.30	3.60	3.45	3.40	3.38	3.56	3.29	3.50	3.40	3.30
2 Middlesbrough	2.44	2.34	2.48	2.45	2.45	2.52	2.50	2.48	2.54	2.44	2.37	2.45	2.45

Previous confrontations (H2H)

11 Bristol City

3 Draw

4 Middlesbrough

61% Over 2.5 goals

67% Both teams scored

2.7 Goals per match

4 | 2 Clean sheets

🔥 Bristol City won the last 4 head-to-head meetings

Biggest win: Middlesbrough 0-2 Bristol City (2024)

Most goals: Bristol City 3-2 Middlesbrough (2023)

Goals scored all matches

1.61

1.11

Goals in home matches

1.56

0.89

Goals in away matches

1.67

1.33

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-02-21 Friday 19:45

Won 😀

Bristol City

Middlesbrough 2

2024-10-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough 5

Bristol City 3

2024-02-10 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Bristol City

2023-11-25 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Bristol City 2 P

Middlesbrough 2

2023-04-10 Monday 17:30

Draw 🤔

Bristol City 2

Middlesbrough

2022-11-05 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Middlesbrough 3

Bristol City 2

2022-02-19 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Bristol City 2

Middlesbrough

2021-08-14 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Middlesbrough

Bristol City

2021-02-23 Tuesday 19:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Bristol City 2

2020-10-20 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😎

Bristol City

Middlesbrough 2

2020-07-11 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Bristol City

2019-08-31 Saturday 12:30

Draw 🤔

Bristol City

Middlesbrough

2019-04-02 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Bristol City 3

2018-08-18 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Bristol City

Middlesbrough 2

2018-04-14 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Middlesbrough 4

Bristol City 2

2017-12-02 Saturday 17:30

Won 😀

Bristol City 2

Middlesbrough 2

2016-01-16 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Bristol City 2

Middlesbrough 2

2015-08-22 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Middlesbrough

Bristol City

Stats

Bristol City

Middlesbrough

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

243

Total passes

594

174

Passes success

495

72%

Passes %

83%

0.90

Expected goals (xG)

2.18

-0.70

Goals prevented

-0.70

Stadion

Stadion name

Ashton Gate

Capacity

27000

Address

Ashton Road
Bristol

table 2025

Championship

Team	Pts
Coventry	95
Ipswich	84
Millwall	83
Southampton	80
Middlesbrough	80
Hull City	73
Wrexham	71
Derby	69
Norwich	65
Birmingham	64
Swansea	64
Bristol City	62
Sheffield Utd	60
Preston	60
QPR	58
Watford	57
Stoke City	55
Portsmouth	55
Charlton	53
Blackburn	52
West Brom	51
Oxford United	47
Leicester	46
Sheffield Wednesday	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Bristol City — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Gerhard Struber

Max O’Leary

Ross McCrorie

Robert Dickie

Zak Vyner

Cameron Pring

Adam Randell

Jason Knight

Scott Twine

Anis Mehmeti

Sinclair Armstrong

Emil Riis Jakobsen

Tommy Conway

Dávid Strelec

Matt Targett

Riley McGree

Hayden Hackney

Morgan Whittaker

Callum Brittain

Alfie Jones

Alex Gilbert

Luke Ayling

Solomon Brynn

Middlesbrough — Formation: 3-5-2 Logo Middlesbrough

Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg

Bristol City — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Gerhard Struber

Middlesbrough — Formation: 3-5-2 Logo Middlesbrough

Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg

Max O’Leary

Ross McCrorie

Robert Dickie

Zak Vyner

Cameron Pring

Adam Randell

Jason Knight

Scott Twine

Anis Mehmeti

Sinclair Armstrong

Emil Riis Jakobsen

Tommy Conway

Dávid Strelec

Matt Targett

Riley McGree

Hayden Hackney

Morgan Whittaker

Callum Brittain

Alfie Jones

Alex Gilbert

Luke Ayling

Solomon Brynn

Substitutes

Substitutes Bristol City

Name	Age	Position
Joe Lumley	31	Goalkeeper
Robert Atkinson	28	Defender
Hayden Roberts	24	Defender
Josh Stokes	-	Midfielder
Yu Hirakawa	25	Attacker
Fally Mayulu	24	Attacker
Harry Cornick	31	Attacker
Ephrahim Yeboah	20	Attacker

Substitutes Middlesbrough

Name	Age	Position
Jon McLaughlin	38	Goalkeeper
Alex Bangura	27	Defender
Samuel George Edmundson	28	Defender
Alan Browne	31	Midfielder
Micah Hamilton	22	Midfielder
Sverre Halseth Nypan	19	Midfielder
Delano Burgzorg	27	Attacker
Mamadou Kaly Sene	25	Attacker
Samuel Silvera	25	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
18	Emil Riis Jakobsen	8.2	74	Attacker	1	0	2	1	16	3	14	1	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Robert Atkinson (sub)	8.0	36	Defender	1	0	1	1	3	-	2	1	2	-	4	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Ross McCrorie	7.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	25	1	16	2	1	2	13	9	3	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Adam Randell	7.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	22	1	17	1	4	2	5	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Zak Vyner	7.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	17	-	13	2	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
10	Scott Twine	7.7	90	Midfielder	-	1	2	1	29	2	22	2	-	3	7	4	1	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
3	Cameron Pring	7.5	89	Defender	-	0	-	-	24	-	10	3	2	4	9	5	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
12	Luke Ayling	7.5	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	95	-	87	5	-	2	13	10	2	1	-	2	1	-	-	0	-
16	Robert Dickie	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	21	-	16	1	2	5	6	3	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Jason Knight ©️	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	25	-	21	1	1	3	9	4	2	1	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
14	Alex Gilbert	7.2	84	Defender	-	0	1	1	99	-	82	1	1	-	7	5	5	4	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Anis Mehmeti	6.9	54	Midfielder	-	0	3	2	14	3	11	1	-	-	5	4	3	3	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Alfie Jones	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	61	-	60	2	-	1	4	4	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Dávid Strelec	6.9	90	Attacker	-	0	2	-	14	4	13	1	-	-	4	1	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Alan Browne (sub)	6.9	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	18	1	11	1	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
7	Hayden Hackney ©️	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	2	1	72	8	61	-	-	-	9	3	4	3	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Riley McGree	6.7	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Alex Bangura (sub)	6.7	17	Defender	-	0	-	-	4	1	3	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Mamadou Kaly Sene (sub)	6.7	17	Attacker	-	0	2	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Max O’Leary	6.6	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	26	-	16	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	2	0	0
31	Solomon Brynn	6.6	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	6	2	0
9	Tommy Conway	6.5	73	Attacker	-	0	1	-	24	4	21	2	-	-	5	2	3	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
19	Sverre Halseth Nypan (sub)	6.5	58	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	21	2	17	-	-	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Fally Mayulu (sub)	6.3	16	Attacker	-	0	-	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Callum Brittain	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	74	4	55	1	-	1	4	2	2	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
10	Delano Burgzorg (sub)	6.3	12	Attacker	-	0	1	-	3	-	3	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
30	Sinclair Armstrong	6.0	89	Attacker	-	0	2	2	9	1	6	1	-	-	12	3	5	1	1	-	1	1	-	0	-
11	Morgan Whittaker	5.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	3	1	36	1	28	1	-	-	17	7	6	3	2	2	1	-	-	0	-
3	Matt Targett	5.6	73	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	55	-	38	1	-	-	7	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	0	-
24	Hayden Roberts (sub)	-	1	Defender	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	Yu Hirakawa (sub)	-	1	Attacker	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Joe Lumley (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
34	Jed Meerholz (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
26	Josh Stokes (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Harry Cornick (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Ephrahim Yeboah (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
33	Jon McLaughlin (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Samuel George Edmundson (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Samuel Silvera (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Micah Hamilton (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-