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Watford vs Middlesbrough
5 Oct 2024, 15:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Matt DonohueChampionship 2024/2025 · 24 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Middlesbrough- 23′
Hayden Hackney
Yellowcard
- 54′⚽
George Edmundson 0-1
Goal · Shot
Shot
- ⇄
Kwadwo Baah
Substitution
Off: Daniel Jebbison
61′ - ⇄
Vakoun Bayo
Substitution
Off: Tom Ince
62′ - 64′⇄
Isaiah Jones
Substitution
Off: Ben Gannon-Doak
- 64′⇄
Riley McGree
Substitution
Off: Micah Hamilton
- ⇄
Edo Kayembe
Substitution
Off: Moussa Sissoko
68′ - ⚽
Edo Kayembe 1-1
Goal · Shot
With: Ryan Andrews
Shot
76′ - 76′⇄
Delano Burgzorg
Substitution
Off: Emmanuel Latte Lath
- ⚽
Kwadwo Baah 2-1
Goal · Shot
With: Mattie Pollock
Shot
87′ Ryan Porteous
Yellowcard
88′- 89′⇄
Marcus Forss
Substitution
Off: Aidan Morris
Kwadwo Baah
Yellowcard
90+1′- ⇄
Yasser Larouci
Substitution
Off: Ken Sema
90+3′ Giorgi Chakvetadze
Yellowcard
90+5′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 7.20 | |
| 89 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | 6.30 | |
| 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.00 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.30 | |
| 61 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.30 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.90 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.60 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.90 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.22 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: Sunderland · 2–1
Match stats
28 Sept 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Sunderland · 2024/2025
Middlesbrough
Latest: West Bromwich Albion · 1–0
Match stats
1 Oct 2024, 20:00 · Away vs West Bromwich Albion · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 11 previous meetings, 8 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’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 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Middlesbrough
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Watford
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
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.
Watford
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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