Regular Season - 45• 25 Apr 2026

Middlesbrough 5–1 Watford

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Goals

6'

45+1'

D. Strelec

Assist: M. Whittaker

48'

Assist: K. Keben

58'

75'

90+2'

T. Conway

Assist: D. Strelec

Match Recap

Middlesbrough beat Watford 5–1 in the Championship (Regular Season - 45) on 25 April 2026. Middlesbrough saw more of the ball with 56% possession, and Middlesbrough had 20 shots (9 on target) to Watford's 12 (3 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 2.30 for Middlesbrough and 0.85 for Watford. The goals came from M. Whittaker 6', D. Strelec 45+1', J. Abankwah 48', M. Whittaker 58', T. Conway 75', T. Conway 90+2'. Middlesbrough move up to 15 points in Championship, having won 2 of their last 5. Relive the Middlesbrough vs Watford Championship highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Middlesbrough

VS

Watford

56% Ball Possession 44%

2.30 Expected goals (xG) 0.85

20 Total Shots 12

9 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 6

6 Blocked Shots 3

9 Shots inside box 6

11 Shots outside box 6

6 Corner Kicks 3

0 Offsides 4

8 Fouls 10

1 Yellow Cards 2

— Red Cards —

2 Goalkeeper Saves 4

543 Total passes 437

482 Accurate passes 370

89% Pass accuracy 85%

-1.30 Goals prevented -1.30

Lineups

Middlesbrough

Kim Hellberg 4-2-3-1

VS

Watford

Edward Still 3-5-2

31Brynn

24Bangura

29Malanda 12Ayling 2Brittain

18Morris

14Gilbert

27Hansen

45Sarmiento 11Whittaker

13Strelec

15Bove

9Kjerrumgaard

16Bola

10Louza

23Mendy

2Ngakia

4Keben 6Pollock 25Abankwah

1Selvik

Substitutes — Middlesbrough

32J. Wildsmith 16A. Browne 25G. Edmundson 9T. Conway 6D. Fry 3M. Targett 20M. K. Sene 22S. Silvera 23L. Castledine

Substitutes — Watford

12N. Baxter 7T. Ince 8G. Chakvetadze 43J. Grieves 20M. Doumbia 34K. Baah 66N. Irankunda 3S. Goglichidze 42O. Maamma