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Watford vs Middlesbrough
1 Nov 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
John BusbyChampionship 2025/2026 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Middlesbrough- ⚽
Imrân Louza 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Kwadwo Baah
Left foot shot
15′ - ⚽
Luca Kjerrumgaard 2-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Jeremy Ngakia
Right foot shot
32′ Kwadwo Baah
Yellowcard
Foul
34′Kévin Keben
Yellowcard
Foul
45′- ⚽
Luca Kjerrumgaard 3-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Mamadou Doumbia
Left foot shot
49′ - 57′
Luke Ayling
Yellowcard
Argument
- ⇄
Tom Ince
Substitution
Off: Rocco Vata
62′ - 70′⇄
Riley McGree
Substitution
Off: Aidan Morris
- 70′⇄
David Strelec
Substitution
Off: Alfie Jones
- 70′⇄
Morgan Whittaker
Substitution
Off: Delano Burgzorg
- 71′⇄
Sontje Hansen
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
- 71′⇄
Kaly Sène
Substitution
Off: Hayden Hackney
- ⇄
Nestory Irankunda
Substitution
Off: Luca Kjerrumgaard
77′ - ⇄
Jérémy Pétris
Substitution
Off: Kwadwo Baah
77′ - ⇄
Edo Kayembe
Substitution
Off: Imrân Louza
88′ - ⇄
Vivaldo Semedo
Substitution
Off: Mamadou Doumbia
88′
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 | 4 | 7.56 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.23 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7.01 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.04 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.99 | |
| 77 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7.17 | |
| 88 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.88 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.45 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.58 | |
| 88 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.98 | |
| 77 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8.02 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.28 | |
| 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.53 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.67 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: West Bromwich Albion · 2–1
Match stats
22 Oct 2025, 19:45 · Home vs West Bromwich Albion · 2025/2026
Middlesbrough
Latest: Sheffield Wednesday · 1–0
Match stats
22 Oct 2025, 20:00 · Away vs Sheffield Wednesday · 2025/2026
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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
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.
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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