Middlesbrough FC vs Norwich City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

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Norwich City FC

Sat 31 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Middlesbrough FC vs Norwich City FC — Championship .

Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)
Norwich City FC 46 games · 65 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ben Toner

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

Middlesbrough FC 12 games · Avg 2.4 goals Norwich City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-31 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Norwich City FC 2025-08-23 Norwich City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC 2025-04-26 Middlesbrough FC 0–0 Norwich City FC 2024-10-27 Norwich City FC 3–3 Middlesbrough FC 2024-03-06 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Norwich City FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	Norwich City FC	H	1–0	W
24 Jan	Preston North End FC	H	4–0	W
21 Jan	Stoke City FC	A	2–1	W
16 Jan	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	3–2	W
10 Jan	Fulham FC	A	1–3	L
04 Jan	Southampton FC	H	4–0	W

Norwich City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Jan	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–1	L
26 Jan	Coventry City FC	H	2–1	W
20 Jan	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	5–0	W
17 Jan	Wrexham AFC	A	2–1	W
11 Jan	Walsall FC	H	5–1	W
04 Jan	Stoke City FC	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Middlesbrough FC		Norwich City FC
#5	Position	#9
80	Points	65
46	Played	46
22 / 14 / 10	W / D / L	19 / 8 / 19
72	Scored	63
47	Conceded	56
+25	GD	+7
1.74	PPG	1.41
48%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Middlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts). Norwich City FC are 9th (65 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Middlesbrough FC and Norwich City FC is underway.
With this win, Middlesbrough FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Borja Sainz	2
Cameron Archer	2
Tommy Conway	2
Teemu Pukki	2
Josh Sargent	2
Matty Crooks	1
Emmanuel Latte Lath	1
Riley McGree	1

Head to Head

Middlesbrough FC Form

2026-01-31 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Norwich City FC W 2026-01-24 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC W 2026-01-21 Stoke City FC 1–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2026-01-16 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–3 Middlesbrough FC W 2026-01-10 Fulham FC 3–1 Middlesbrough FC L 2026-01-04 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Southampton FC W

Norwich City FC Form

2026-01-31 Middlesbrough FC 1–0 Norwich City FC L 2026-01-26 Norwich City FC 2–1 Coventry City FC W 2026-01-20 West Bromwich Albion FC 0–5 Norwich City FC W 2026-01-17 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Norwich City FC W 2026-01-11 Norwich City FC 5–1 Walsall FC W 2026-01-04 Norwich City FC 0–2 Stoke City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.75 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.05 Norwich City FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC55% Draw25% Norwich City FC20%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.8

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Norwich City FC

45%

Middlesbrough FC or Norwich City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Middlesbrough FC37% Draw45% Norwich City FC18%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

9.1%

0 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Norwich City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	23%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.