Hull City AFC vs Middlesbrough FC, Championship 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Hull City AFC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship at Wembley.
- Hull City AFC 46 games · 73 pts (2025/26)
- Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jarred Gillett
4 games this season 🟨 3.5/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Middlesbrough FC H 1–0 W 11 May Millwall FC A 2–0 W 09 May Millwall FC H 0–0 D 02 May Norwich City FC H 2–1 W 25 Apr Charlton Athletic FC A 1–2 L 21 Apr Leicester City FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Hull City AFC A 0–1 L 12 May Southampton FC A 1–2 L 09 May Southampton FC H 0–0 D 02 May Wrexham AFC A 2–2 D 25 Apr Watford FC H 5–1 W 22 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Hull City AFC Middlesbrough FC #6 Position #5 73 Points 80 46 Played 46 21 / 10 / 15 W / D / L 22 / 14 / 10 70 Scored 72 66 Conceded 47 +4 GD +25 1.59 PPG 1.74 46% Win % 48% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Hull City AFC this season29% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this seasonHull City AFC are 6th (73 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Hull City AFC0-152/116-303/231-451/–46-60–/261-753/176+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededMiddlesbrough FC0-155/–16-302/331-452/346-601/261-753/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Hull City AFCOliver McBurnie 18 G 8 A Joe Gelhardt 15 G 3 A Kyle Joseph 8 G 5 A Middlesbrough FCMorgan Whittaker 14 G 7 A Tommy Conway 13 G 5 A David Strelec 8 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Wembley will turn into a battlefield for Hull City AFC and Middlesbrough FC.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Middlesbrough FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ivor Pandur made 16 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Luke Ayling suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 25' Middlesbrough FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 30' Middlesbrough FC is showing some good football. However, Middlesbrough FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 55' Lewie Coyle needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 60' Hull City AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 65' Matt Crooks has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 49 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 70' It looks surprising Middlesbrough FC does not make any changes. Aidan Morris has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Callum Brittain, as he is very good at scoring at Wembley with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 80' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 80 minutes.
- 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Middlesbrough FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 90' It’s a booking for Hull City AFC player. Oliver McBurnie gets a card.
- Full Time. Hull City AFC beats Middlesbrough FC
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Lineups
Hull City AFC Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 15
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 27
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 25
- 10
Bench
- 26
- 5
- 37
- 12
- 21
- 18
- 20
- 36
- 13
Coach Sergej JakirovićMiddlesbrough FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 2
- 3
- 16
- 6
- 12
- 8
- 13
- 11
- 31
- 18
- 29
Bench
- 25
- 27
- 7
- 22
- 45
- 14
- 32
- 23
- 44
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Britt Assombalonga 3 Jarrod Bowen 3 Finn Azaz 2 Chuba Akpom 2 Tommy Conway 2 Hayden Hackney 2 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 2 Mallik Wilks 2 Head to Head
Hull City AFC Form
Middlesbrough FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.26 Hull City AFC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.33 Middlesbrough FC xGI would bet for: Hull City AFC or Middlesbrough FC 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Hull City AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.59Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Hull City AFC or Draw 67%Draw or Middlesbrough FC 60%Hull City AFC or Middlesbrough FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.5%0 – 0 9.6%0 – 1 9%1 – 0 Actual1 – 2 8%2 – 1 7.6%0 – 2 6.5%2 – 0 5.8%2 – 2 5.1%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 1 3.2%0 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Hull City AFC
Handicap Hull City AFC covers Push Middlesbrough FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 19% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 20% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 11% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Hull City AFC keeps clean sheet 27% ✗Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet 29% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.