Middlesbrough FC vs Hull City AFC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Middlesbrough FC vs Hull City AFC — Championship .
- Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)
- Hull City AFC 46 games · 73 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Leigh Doughty
Standings
# 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 29 Dec Hull City AFC H 0–1 L 26 Dec Blackburn Rovers FC H 0–0 D 20 Dec Bristol City FC A 0–2 L 13 Dec Queens Park Rangers FC H 3–1 W 09 Dec Charlton Athletic FC A 2–1 W 05 Dec Hull City AFC A 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Dec Middlesbrough FC A 1–0 W 26 Dec Sheffield Wednesday FC A 2–2 D 20 Dec West Bromwich Albion FC H 1–0 W 13 Dec Millwall FC A 3–1 W 10 Dec Wrexham AFC H 2–0 W 05 Dec Middlesbrough FC H 1–4 L Season Stats
Middlesbrough FC Hull City AFC #5 Position #6 80 Points 73 46 Played 46 22 / 14 / 10 W / D / L 21 / 10 / 15 72 Scored 70 47 Conceded 66 +25 GD +4 1.74 PPG 1.59 48% Win % 46% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyMiddlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts). Hull City AFC are 6th (73 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Middlesbrough FC and Hull City AFC is underway.
- With this win, Hull City AFC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Middlesbrough FC Lineups
Hull City AFC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Britt Assombalonga 3 Jarrod Bowen 3 Hayden Hackney 2 Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 2 Mallik Wilks 2 Emmanuel Latte Lath 2 Finn Azaz 2 Chuba Akpom 2 Head to Head
Middlesbrough FC Form
2025-12-29 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Hull City AFC L 2025-12-26 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2025-12-20 Bristol City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-12-13 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Queens Park Rangers FC W 2025-12-09 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-12-05 Hull City AFC 1–4 Middlesbrough FC WHull City AFC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 41.67 Middlesbrough FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 Hull City AFC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Hull City AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.84Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 53% 47% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
Middlesbrough FC or Draw 73%Draw or Hull City AFC 54%Middlesbrough FC or Hull City AFC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Hull City AFC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.3%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.9%2 – 0 8%0 – 0 7.7%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 1 Actual2 – 2 5.4%3 – 1 5.1%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC
Handicap Middlesbrough FC covers Push Hull City AFC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 15% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 22% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Hull City AFC keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.