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Bristol City vs Middlesbrough
20 Dec 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Anthony BackhouseChampionship 2025/2026 · 25 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Bristol CityMin
Middlesbrough- 16′⇄
Sverre Nypan
Substitution
Off: Riley McGree
- ⚽
Emil Riis 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
17′ - 25′
Morgan Whittaker
Yellowcard
Foul
- 33′
Matt Targett
Yellowcard
Foul
Sinclair Armstrong
Yellowcard
Time wasting
36′- ⇄
Rob Atkinson
Substitution
Off: Anis Mehmeti
54′ - ⚽
Rob Atkinson 2-0
Goal · Header
With: Scott Twine
Header
62′ - 73′⇄
Alex Bangura
Substitution
Off: Matt Targett
- 73′⇄
Kaly Sène
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
- 74′⇄
Alan Browne
Substitution
Off: Sverre Nypan
- ⇄
Fally Mayulu
Substitution
Off: Emil Riis
74′ - 84′⇄
Delano Burgzorg
Substitution
Off: Alex Gilbert
- 87′
Luke Ayling
Yellowcard
Argument
Cameron Pring
Yellowcard
Argument
87′- ⇄
Yu Hirakawa
Substitution
Off: Sinclair Armstrong
90′ - ⇄
Haydon Roberts
Substitution
Off: Cameron Pring
90′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6.73 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.31 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.25 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 7.13 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.39 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.08 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.70 | |
| 54 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.53 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.51 | |
| 74 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.50 | |
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| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.34 | |
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| 36 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.50 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Bristol City
Latest: Leicester City · 2–2
Match stats
10 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Leicester City · 2025/2026
Middlesbrough
Latest: Charlton Athletic · 2–1
Match stats
9 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Charlton Athletic · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Bristol City’s ground: 13 previous meetings, 7 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Bristol City’s home games with Middlesbrough’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Bristol City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Middlesbrough
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Bristol City
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Bristol City
Middlesbrough
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Bristol City
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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