Middlesbrough FC vs Southampton FC, Championship 2025-26 PLAYOFFS
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Overview
Match Preview
Middlesbrough FC vs Southampton FC — Championship at Riverside Stadium.
- Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
- Southampton FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
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 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 19 Apr Ipswich Town FC A 2–2 D 11 Apr Portsmouth FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Middlesbrough FC A 0–0 D 02 May Preston North End FC A 3–1 W 28 Apr Ipswich Town FC H 2–2 D 25 Apr Manchester City FC A 1–2 L 21 Apr Bristol City FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Swansea City AFC A 2–1 W Season Stats
Middlesbrough FC Southampton FC #5 Position #4 80 Points 80 46 Played 46 22 / 14 / 10 W / D / L 22 / 14 / 10 72 Scored 82 47 Conceded 56 +25 GD +26 1.74 PPG 1.74 48% Win % 48% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season25% Clean Sheets
Southampton FC this seasonMiddlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts). Southampton FC are 4th (80 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Middlesbrough FC0-155/–16-302/331-452/346-601/261-753/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededSouthampton FC0-152/116-303/131-452/246-603/261-754/176+7/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Middlesbrough FCMorgan Whittaker 14 G 7 A Tommy Conway 13 G 5 A David Strelec 8 G 2 A Southampton FCFinn Azaz 11 G 7 A Adam Armstrong 11 G 4 A Ryan Manning 8 G 6 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. middlesbrough fc is hosting southampton fc for another epic battle.
- 5' middlesbrough fc started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Taylor Harwood-Bellis, as he is very good at scoring at Riverside Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. middlesbrough fc is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' southampton fc is showing some good football. However, southampton fc are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' 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.
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering middlesbrough fc that had 381 games and scored 466 goals.
- 45' southampton fc seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 50' Adilson Malanda needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 55' Southampton FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 55.
- 59' Flynn Downes is having his name booked by the referee on 59.
- 64' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 69' middlesbrough fc is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 74' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 79' Solomon Brynn has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 84' It’s high time Tonda Eckert made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 89' middlesbrough fc looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Middlesbrough FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 2
- 3
- 6
- 12
- 8
- 13
- 11
- 31
- 18
- 29
- 9
Bench
- 16
- 27
- 22
- 45
- 14
- 32
- 23
- 44
Coach Kim HellbergSouthampton FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 4
- 15
- 14
- 3
- 9
- 41
- 6
- 10
- 18
- 20
- 13
Bench
- 25
- 11
- 19
- 34
- 27
- 23
- 17
- 24
- 48
Coach Tonda Eckert -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Riley McGree 2 Adam Armstrong 2 Emmanuel Latte Lath 1 Ross Stewart 1 Shea Charles 1 Jonny Howson 1 Head to Head
Middlesbrough FC Form
Southampton FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 31.55 Middlesbrough FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.08 Southampton FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.63Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Middlesbrough FC or Draw 74%Draw or Southampton FC 53%Middlesbrough FC or Southampton FC 73%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13%1 – 0 10.2%0 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9%2 – 0 8.4%0 – 1 6.8%1 – 2 6.3%2 – 2 4.9%3 – 1 4.7%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 2 2.6%Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC
Handicap Middlesbrough FC covers Push Southampton FC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 22% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Southampton FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.