Bristol City 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
Bristol City 2-0 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 20 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bristol City 2-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Bristol City won against Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Emil Riis (17') and Rob Atkinson (62'). Middlesbrough did not score.
Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 30 points from 21 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 42 points from 21. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.
Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rob Dickie of Bristol City (7.9), ahead of Scott Twine (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Middlesbrough's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Emil Riis
- 25'Yellow card · Morgan Whittaker
- 33'Yellow card · Matt Targett
- 36'Yellow card · Sinclair Armstrong
- 62'Goal · Rob Atkinson
- 87'Yellow card · Luke Ayling
- 87'Yellow card · Cameron Pring
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol City line-up (4-2-2-2)
Max O'Leary, Ross McCrorie, Rob Dickie, Zak Vyner, Cameron Pring, Adam Randell, Jason Knight, Scott Twine, Anis Mehmeti, Sinclair Armstrong, Emil Riis
Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)
Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Alex Gilbert, Alfie Jones, Callum Brittain, Morgan Whittaker, Hayden Hackney, Riley McGree, Matt Targett, David Strelec, Tommy Conway