Middlesbrough - Watford

Logo Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
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Championship Season 2025 - Round 45
5 - 1
Finished
Referee: A. Herczeg
Logo Watford
Watford
-

Result

Ball possession

56%
44%

Timeline

Morgan Whittaker
1-0
6'
Dávid Strelec
2-0
45'
Alex Bangura (out)
Matt Targett (in)
46'
48'
2-1
James Abankwah
Morgan Whittaker
3-1
58'
62'
Edoardo Bove (out)
Mamadou Doumbia (in)
62'
Jeremy Ngakia (out)
Othmane Maamma (in)
Morgan Whittaker (out)
Tommy Conway (in)
63'
63'
Nampalys Mendy (out)
Jack Grieves (in)
63'
Luca Kjerrumgaard (out)
Nestory Irankunda (in)
Adilson Malanda (out)
Dael Fry (in)
64'
Sontje Hansen (out)
Leo Castledine (in)
64'
74'
James Abankwah
Tommy Conway
4-1 P
75'
82'
Marc Bola (out)
Thomas Ince (in)
Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante (out)
Samuel Silvera (in)
83'
Aidan Morris
85'
85'
Imran Louza
Tommy Conway
5-1
90'

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 Middlesbrough 1.35 1.36 1.44 1.38 1.39 1.36 1.33 1.38 1.35 1.39 1.36 1.40 1.36
X Draw 4.75 5.00 4.33 5.00 5.10 5.00 5.25 5.40 5.00 5.26 4.83 4.80 4.80
2 Watford 8.40 7.55 6.00 7.50 7.40 8.00 8.00 7.60 7.60 7.86 7.14 7.50 7.00

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Middlesbrough
3 Draw
7 Watford
38% Over 2.5 goals
46% Both teams scored
2.2 Goals per match
Logo Middlesbrough 2 | Logo Watford 6 Clean sheets
🔥 Watford won the last 3 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: Watford 3-0 Middlesbrough (2025)
Most goals: Watford 2-3 Middlesbrough (2023)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Middlesbrough
0.92
Logo Watford
1.31
Goals in home matches
Logo Middlesbrough
1.17
Logo Watford
1.71
Goals in away matches
Logo Middlesbrough
0.71
Logo Watford
0.83
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

Middlesbrough
Watford
9
Shots on goal
3
5
Shots off goal
6
20
Total shots
12
6
Blocked shots
3
9
Shots inside box
6
11
Shots outside box
6
8
Fouls
10
6
Corners
3
1
Yellow cards
2
2
Goalkeeper saved
4
543
Total passes
437
482
Passes success
370
89%
Passes %
85%
2.30
Expected goals (xG)
0.85
-1.30
Goals prevented
-1.30

Stadion

Stadion name

Riverside Stadium

Capacity

34988

Address

Dockside Road
Middlesbrough

table 2025

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

Line-ups

Logo Middlesbrough Middlesbrough — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Kim Alexander Hellberg
31
Solomon Brynn
2
Callum Brittain
12
Luke Ayling
29
Adilson Malanda
24
Alex Bangura
14
Alex Gilbert
18
Aidan Morris
11
Morgan Whittaker
45
Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante
27
Sontje Hansen
13
Dávid Strelec
15
Edoardo Bove
9
Luca Kjerrumgaard
16
Marc Bola
39
Edo Kayembe
10
Imran Louza
23
Nampalys Mendy
2
Jeremy Ngakia
4
Kévin Keben
6
Matthew Pollock
25
James Abankwah
1
Egil Selvik
Watford — Formation: 3-5-2 Logo Watford
Coach: Edward Still

Substitutes

Substitutes Middlesbrough

Name Age Position
Joe Wildsmith 30 Goalkeeper
Samuel George Edmundson 28 Defender
Matt Targett 30 Defender
Alan Browne 31 Midfielder
Dael Fry 28 Midfielder
Leo Castledine 20 Midfielder
Tommy Conway - Attacker
Mamadou Kaly Sene 25 Attacker
Samuel Silvera 25 Attacker

Substitutes Watford

Name Age Position
Nathan Baxter 27 Goalkeeper
Saba Goglichidze 22 Defender
Thomas Ince 34 Midfielder
Giorgi Chakvetadze 26 Midfielder
Jack Grieves 21 Attacker
Mamadou Doumbia 20 Attacker
Kwadwo Baah - Attacker
Nestory Irankunda 20 Attacker
Othmane Maamma 20 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 Pen+ Pen- PenSv
11 Logo Middlesbrough Morgan Whittaker 9.9 63 Midfielder 2 1 3 2 25 1 22 1 - - 4 3 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Middlesbrough Tommy Conway (sub) 8.9 27 Attacker 2 0 2 2 8 1 7 1 - 1 7 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 - - 0 1 0 -
3 Logo Middlesbrough Matt Targett (sub) 7.3 45 Defender - 0 - - 52 4 48 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Middlesbrough Luke Ayling ©️ 7.2 90 Defender - 0 1 1 77 - 72 3 - - 5 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
13 Logo Middlesbrough Dávid Strelec 7.2 90 Attacker 1 1 2 2 15 1 10 - - - 5 - 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Middlesbrough Alex Gilbert 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 50 1 41 2 - 1 6 3 2 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
39 Logo Watford Edo Kayembe 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 54 2 46 4 - - 10 6 3 1 - 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Middlesbrough Callum Brittain 6.9 90 Defender - 0 1 - 59 - 52 1 1 - 4 3 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Middlesbrough Adilson Malanda 6.9 64 Defender - 0 - - 63 - 57 - 1 - 6 3 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Middlesbrough Alex Bangura 6.9 45 Defender - 0 - - 31 - 29 - - - 2 1 2 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Watford James Abankwah 6.9 90 Defender 1 0 2 1 47 - 43 1 2 - 4 3 - - 1 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Watford Imran Louza ©️ 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 3 - 59 1 53 2 - 2 8 5 1 1 3 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
43 Logo Watford Jack Grieves (sub) 6.7 27 Attacker - 0 - - 8 - 5 1 - - 5 3 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Middlesbrough Aidan Morris 6.6 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 69 2 64 2 - 2 10 4 2 1 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Middlesbrough Dael Fry (sub) 6.6 26 Defender - 0 - - 26 - 25 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Watford Mamadou Doumbia (sub) 6.5 28 Attacker - 0 - - 12 1 11 1 - - 4 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Watford Thomas Ince (sub) 6.5 8 Midfielder - 0 - - 12 - 11 - 1 - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
45 Logo Middlesbrough Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante 6.3 83 Midfielder - 0 - - 22 1 19 1 1 - 10 4 2 - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Middlesbrough Leo Castledine (sub) 6.3 26 Midfielder - 0 2 1 7 - 7 - - - 4 1 - - 2 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Middlesbrough Samuel Silvera (sub) 6.3 14 Attacker - 0 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Watford Jeremy Ngakia 6.3 62 Midfielder - 0 - - 27 - 23 2 - 1 4 2 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Watford Marc Bola 6.3 82 Midfielder - 0 - - 33 1 28 - - - 3 2 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Watford Luca Kjerrumgaard 6.3 63 Attacker - 0 3 2 9 1 7 - - - 8 4 1 - - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Watford Edoardo Bove 6.3 62 Attacker - 0 - - 19 2 14 2 - - 9 4 1 - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
42 Logo Watford Othmane Maamma (sub) 6.3 28 Attacker - 0 - - 10 - 8 1 - - 5 2 1 1 - - 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
66 Logo Watford Nestory Irankunda (sub) 6.3 27 Attacker - 0 - - 11 - 7 - - - 3 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
31 Logo Middlesbrough Solomon Brynn 6.2 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 21 - 14 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 2 1 0 0 0
27 Logo Middlesbrough Sontje Hansen 6.2 64 Midfielder - 0 1 - 17 2 14 - - 1 7 2 2 - 2 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Watford Nampalys Mendy 6.2 63 Midfielder - 0 - - 20 1 15 2 - - 4 3 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Watford Matthew Pollock 6.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 43 - 39 1 2 2 4 3 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Watford Egil Selvik 5.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 22 - 16 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 4 5 0 0 0
4 Logo Watford Kévin Keben 5.6 90 Defender - 1 - - 51 1 44 1 - - 2 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
32 Logo Middlesbrough Joe Wildsmith (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
25 Logo Middlesbrough Samuel George Edmundson (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Middlesbrough Alan Browne (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Middlesbrough Mamadou Kaly Sene (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Watford Nathan Baxter (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Watford Saba Goglichidze (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Watford Giorgi Chakvetadze (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
34 Logo Watford Kwadwo Baah (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -