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

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Championship · 2025-26

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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 8 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
Norwich City FC 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ben Toner

4 games this season 🟨 5.5/game ⚽ 12.5 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Middlesbrough FC 13 games · Avg 2.8 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
#3	Position	#17
15	Points	9
8	Played	8
4 / 3 / 1	W / D / L	3 / 0 / 5
16	Scored	16
12	Conceded	17
+4	GD	-1
1.88	PPG	1.13
50%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 3rd (15 pts). Norwich City FC are 17th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/4

61-75

3/3

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Norwich City FC

0-15

5/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

2/2

46-60

–/2

61-75

5/3

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC

William Lankshear

6 G

Norwich City FC

Mohamed Toure	5 G
Andre Brooks	2 G	2 A
Mathias Kvistgaarden	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Middlesbrough FC host Norwich City FC — let the battle begin!
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Middlesbrough FC players.

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
Sebastian Berhalter	2
Josh Sargent	2
Amario Cozier-Duberry	1
Matty Crooks	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

2 / 4

2.58 Middlesbrough FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Norwich City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC60% Draw20% Norwich City FC20%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 4.1

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Norwich City FC

40%

Middlesbrough FC or Norwich City FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Middlesbrough FC45% Draw36% Norwich City FC19%

Actual: Middlesbrough FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 1

7.3%

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 2

5.2%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.5%

1 – 0

Actual

4 – 2

3.4%

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap	Middlesbrough FC covers	Push	Norwich City FC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	17%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	20%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	11%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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