Championship Championship
Regular Season - 15• 7 Nov 2026

Watford 0–0 Middlesbrough

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Match Recap

Watford and Middlesbrough played out a stalemate that tells two very different stories. Boro arrived in red-hot form, sitting second in the Championship table on 28 points with three wins in their last five, while Watford sit way down in 20th on just 14, their WLLWL run offering little reason for optimism. Yet it was the home side who found the response their position didn't suggest, holding firm against a Middlesbrough team chasing automatic promotion. The point also eases an uncomfortable recent trend for Watford, who had lost their only previous meeting between these two without scoring. A draw won't derail Boro's promotion push, but it halts their momentum right as it was building, and gives struggling Watford something to cling to from a game neither side could break open. Watch the highlights to see exactly how Watford's rearguard kept one of the Championship's form teams off the scoresheet for the full ninety minutes.

Match Statistics

Watford
VS
Middlesbrough
26% Ball Possession 74%
0.39 Expected goals (xG) 2.17
8 Total Shots 18
1 Shots on target 4
3 Shots off target 8
4 Blocked Shots 6
4 Shots inside box 14
4 Shots outside box 4
5 Corner Kicks 6
4 Offsides 1
12 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
4 Goalkeeper Saves 1
227 Total passes 669
175 Accurate passes 601
9 Free Kicks 11

Lineups

Watford
A. Dionisi 5-3-2
VS
Middlesbrough
K. Hellberg 3-4-2-1

Substitutes — Watford

51Travis Akomeah 26D. Bachmann 16M. Bola 9L. Kjerrumgaard 7O. Maamma 45S. Mavididi 23O. Traoré 11R. Vata 24S. Walker

Substitutes — Middlesbrough