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 · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Emil RiisBristol City · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough
  • 33'Yellow card · Matt TargettMiddlesbrough
  • 36'Yellow card · Sinclair ArmstrongBristol City
  • 62'Goal · Rob AtkinsonBristol City · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · Cameron PringBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 6, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

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