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Southampton vs Middlesbrough
12 May 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Andy MadleyChampionship 2025/2026 · 5 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
SouthamptonMin
Middlesbrough- 5′⚽
Riley McGree 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Callum Brittain
Right foot shot
- 13′
Riley McGree
Yellowcard
Foul
Nathan Wood
Yellowcard
Argument
37′- 38′
Luke Ayling
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Ross Stewart 1-1
Goal · Header
Header
45+1′ Finn Azaz
Yellowcard
Foul
56′- ⇄
Flynn Downes
Substitution
Off: Kuryu Matsuki
66′ - 73′⇄
Alan Browne
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
- 78′
Adilson Malanda
Yellowcard
Foul
- 83′⇄
Leo Castledine
Substitution
Off: David Strelec
- ⇄
Cyle Larin
Substitution
Off: Ross Stewart
84′ - ⇄
Samuel Edozie
Substitution
Off: Leo Scienza
85′ - 92′
Callum Brittain
Yellowcard
Foul
- 106′⇄
Jeremy Sarmiento
Substitution
Off: Riley McGree
- ⚽
Shea Emmanuel Charles 2-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Taylor Harwood-Bellis
Left foot shot
116′ - ⇄
Cameron Bragg
Substitution
Off: Caspar Jander
119′ - 119′⇄
Sontje Hansen
Substitution
Off: Luke Ayling
- ⇄
Welington
Substitution
Off: Samuel Edozie
119′ Daniel Peretz
Yellowcard
Time wasting
120+3′Cyle Larin
Yellowcard
Foul
120+6′
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.72 | |
| 120 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7.06 | |
| 120 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.12 | |
| 120 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.23 | |
| 120 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 8.20 | |
| 120 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 7.99 | |
| 119 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | 7.26 | |
| 120 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.24 | |
| 66 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.26 | |
| 84 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 7.23 | |
| 85 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.49 | |
| 54 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
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| 34 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.65 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 36 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.63 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Southampton
Latest: Ipswich Town · 2–2
Match stats
28 Apr 2026, 19:45 · Home vs Ipswich Town · 2025/2026
Middlesbrough
Latest: Wrexham · 2–2
Match stats
2 May 2026, 12:30 · Away vs Wrexham · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Southampton’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Southampton’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.
Southampton
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
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.
Southampton
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Southampton
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.
Southampton
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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