Sunday , 16 August 2026

Middlesbrough FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Middlesbrough FC
0 – 1
Full Time
Watford FC
Sat 15 Feb 2025 · 15:00 UTC Riverside Stadium 24,326 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 40' Moussa Sissoko
Luke Ayling 47' Y
Y 65' Giorgi Chakvetadze
Y 81' Egil Selvik
Marcus Forss 83' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Middlesbrough FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Riverside Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Adam Herczeg
  • Assistant 1 Nigel Lugg
  • Assistant 2 Jonathan Hunt

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Coventry City FC 46 95
2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84
3 Hull City AFC 46 73
4 Oxford United FC 46 47
5 Leicester City FC 46 46
6 Blackburn Rovers FC 1 1
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 1
8 Queens Park Rangers FC 0 0
9 Millwall FC 0 0
10 Middlesbrough FC 0 0
11 Swansea City AFC 0 0
12 Charlton Athletic FC 0 0
13 West Bromwich Albion FC 0 0
14 Bolton Wanderers FC 0 0
15 Birmingham City FC 0 0
16 Sheffield United FC 0 0
17 Southampton FC 0 0
18 Wrexham AFC 0 0
19 Watford FC 0 0
20 Burnley FC 0 0
21 Cardiff City FC 0 0
22 West Ham United FC 0 0
23 Derby County FC 0 0
24 Norwich City FC 0 0
25 Preston North End FC 0 0
26 Stoke City FC 0 0
27 Lincoln City FC 0 0
28 Portsmouth FC 0 0
29 Bristol City FC 0 0
30 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0

Head-to-Head

4
1
5
Middlesbrough FC 10 games · Avg 3.0 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-02-15 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Watford FC 2024-10-05 Watford FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC 2024-05-04 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Watford FC 2023-09-30 Watford FC 2–3 Middlesbrough FC 2023-01-28 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Middlesbrough FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Feb Watford FC H 0–1 L
12 Feb Sheffield United FC A 1–3 L
03 Feb Sunderland AFC H 2–3 L
25 Jan Preston North End FC A 1–2 L
21 Jan West Bromwich Albion FC H 2–0 W
18 Jan Portsmouth FC A 1–2 L
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Feb Middlesbrough FC A 1–0 W
11 Feb Leeds United FC H 0–4 L
08 Feb Sunderland AFC A 2–2 D
01 Feb Norwich City FC H 0–1 L
25 Jan Coventry City FC A 1–2 L
21 Jan Preston North End FC H 1–2 L

Season Stats

Middlesbrough FC Watford FC
#10 Position #19
0 Points 0
0 Played 0
0 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0
0 Scored 0
0 Conceded 0
+0 GD +0
– PPG –
– Win % –

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this season

Middlesbrough FC are 10th (0 pts). Watford FC are 19th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Middlesbrough FC
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
1/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Middlesbrough FC welcome Watford FC for this crunch clash at Riverside Stadium.
  • 5' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Michael Carrick will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 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 are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Watford FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
  • 30' Aidan Morris, a USA midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' Tom Ince is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Watford FC so far.
  • 40' Moussa Sissoko adds to his 0 season tally! Watford FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 45' 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.
  • 46' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Moussa Sissoko is replaced by Tom Ince on 46 minute.
  • 47' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Luke Ayling.
  • 52' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Middlesbrough FC and Watford FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 57' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 58' Middlesbrough FC make a change. Kelechi Iheanacho trudges off to be replaced by Finn Azaz on 58 minutes.
  • 59' Middlesbrough FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anfernee Dijksteel is hanging Luke Ayling on the field on 59 minute.
  • 64' Watford FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 65' The referee shows Watford FC player a card on 65.
  • 65' A tactical swap from Watford FC — Rocco Vata on, Mamadou Doumbia off on 65 minutes.
  • 67' It is a substitution in Middlesbrough FC team. Morgan Whittaker is replaced by Samuel Iling-Junior on 67 minute.
  • 72' Middlesbrough FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 77' It looks like no one’s ball. Watford FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 79' Another change for Middlesbrough FC made on 79 minute. Neto Borges leaves to be changed by Marcus Forss.
  • 80' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jeremy Ngakia is hanging Ryan Andrews on the field on 80 minute.
  • 81' Egil Selvik picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 83' Middlesbrough FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 83.
  • 88' It looks surprising Middlesbrough FC does not make any changes. Kelechi Iheanacho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 90' Another substitution for Watford FC to replace Giorgi Chakvetadze by Matthew Pollock on 90 minute.
  • Watford FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Carrick

Watford FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tom Cleverley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ismaila Sarr 3
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2
Riley McGree 2
Morgan Whittaker 2
Tommy Conway 2
Wesley Hoedt 2
Emmanuel Latte Lath 1
Craig Cathcart 1

Head to Head

2025-02-15 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Watford FC 2024-10-05 Watford FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC 2024-05-04 Middlesbrough FC 3–1 Watford FC 2023-09-30 Watford FC 2–3 Middlesbrough FC 2023-01-28 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 Watford FC

Middlesbrough FC Form

2025-02-15 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Watford FC L 2025-02-12 Sheffield United FC 3–1 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-02-03 Middlesbrough FC 2–3 Sunderland AFC L 2025-01-25 Preston North End FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC L 2025-01-21 Middlesbrough FC 2–0 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2025-01-18 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC L

Watford FC Form

2025-02-15 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Watford FC W 2025-02-11 Watford FC 0–4 Leeds United FC L 2025-02-08 Sunderland AFC 2–2 Watford FC D 2025-02-01 Watford FC 0–1 Norwich City FC L 2025-01-25 Coventry City FC 2–1 Watford FC L 2025-01-21 Watford FC 1–2 Preston North End FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.72 Middlesbrough FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.68 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 83% + Under — clean sheet likely 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Middlesbrough FC33% Draw38% Watford FC29%
Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes27% 0% No73%
Avg goals/match: 1.4
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 73%
27%
± 1.5 41%
59%
± 2.5 17%
83%
± 3.5 6%
94%
± 4.5 2%
98%

Double Chance

Middlesbrough FC or Draw
71%
Draw or Watford FC
67%
Middlesbrough FC or Watford FC
62%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Middlesbrough FC18% Draw65% Watford FC17%
Actual: Watford FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
27.5%
1 – 0
16.1%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
13.1%
2 – 0
5.9%
0 – 2
5.2%
2 – 1
4.4%
1 – 2
4.1%
2 – 2
1.7%
3 – 0
1.4%
0 – 3
1.1%
3 – 1
1.1%

Asian Handicap — Middlesbrough FC

Handicap Middlesbrough FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 7% 91%
-1.5 9% — 91%
-1 9% 21% 70%
-0.5 30% — 70%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 20% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet
51% ✗
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
49% ✗

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