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	39	24	8	7	81	40	41	80
2	Millwall	40	21	9	10	55	45	10	72
Promotion Playoffs
3	Middlesbrough	40	20	11	9	60	39	21	71
4	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	67	39	28	69
5	Hull City	40	20	7	13	63	58	5	67
6	Wrexham	40	17	13	10	62	53	9	64

7	Southampton	39	17	12	10	63	48	15	63
8	Derby	39	17	9	13	56	48	8	60
9	Watford	40	14	14	12	51	48	3	56
10	QPR	40	16	8	16	57	62	-5	56
11	Norwich	40	16	7	17	53	47	6	55
12	Stoke City	40	15	9	16	48	43	5	54
13	Bristol City	40	15	9	16	51	51	0	54
14	Birmingham	40	14	11	15	48	50	-2	53
15	Preston	40	13	14	13	47	51	-4	53
16	Swansea	40	15	8	17	47	52	-5	53
17	Sheffield Utd	40	15	6	19	57	57	0	51
18	Charlton	40	12	12	16	37	48	-11	48
19	Blackburn	40	12	10	18	37	49	-12	46
20	West Brom	40	11	11	18	42	56	-14	44
21	Portsmouth	39	10	11	18	38	55	-17	41
Relegation
22	Leicester	40	11	13	16	53	62	-9	40
23	Oxford United	40	9	13	18	37	52	-15	40
24	Sheffield Wednesday	40	1	9	30	24	81	-57	-6

Updated January 4, 2026 4:55 PM