Crystal Palace 3-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 September 2026

Result

Crystal Palace 3-0 Middlesbrough

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Selhurst Park, London · half-time 1-0

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Crystal Palace 3-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Crystal Palace won against Middlesbrough 3-0 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Selhurst Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jørgen Strand Larsen opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Jørgen Strand Larsen (37'), Jørgen Strand Larsen (53') and Daichi Kamada (72'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Crystal Palace received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 5-4-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jørgen Strand Larsen of Crystal Palace (8.9), ahead of Óscar Mingueza (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Crystal Palace's last five read W-L-L and Middlesbrough's W-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Jørgen Strand LarsenCrystal Palace · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Jørgen Strand LarsenCrystal Palace · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Adilson MalandaMiddlesbrough
  • 72'Goal · Daichi KamadaCrystal Palace · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Myles Peart-HarrisMiddlesbrough

Form and table

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 5, draws 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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Crystal Palace line-up (5-4-1)

Walter Benítez, Óscar Mingueza, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Axel Disasi, Honest Ahanor, Ben Chilwell, Darío Osorio, Quinten Timber, Will Hughes, Yéremy Pino, Jørgen Strand Larsen

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Alfie Jones, Sam Byram, Aidan Morris, Adilson Malanda, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Myles Peart-Harris, Tommy Conway, David Strelec

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