Huddersfield Town 4-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Huddersfield Town 4-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 1 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Huddersfield Town · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Huddersfield Town 4-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Huddersfield Town won against Middlesbrough 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Marcus Forss opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Josh Ruffels (46'), Josh Koroma (54'), Matthew Pearson (57') and Matthew Pearson (66'). Middlesbrough scored through Marcus Forss (43') and Chuba Akpom (74').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 22nd on 36 points from 38 and Middlesbrough 3rd on 67 points from 38. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matty Pearson of Huddersfield Town (8.1), level with Daniel Ward (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Huddersfield Town wins, 2 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 46'Goal · Josh RuffelsHuddersfield Town · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Jack RudoniHuddersfield Town
  • 54'Goal · Josh KoromaHuddersfield Town · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Matthew PearsonHuddersfield Town · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · H. HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 66'Goal · Matthew PearsonHuddersfield Town · 4-1
  • 74'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 4-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Josh KoromaHuddersfield Town
  • 80'Yellow card · T. SmithMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 2, draws 2, Middlesbrough 6.

Team news

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tomas Vaclik, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Josh Ruffels, Jonathan Hogg, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Duane Holmes, Jack Rudoni, Josh Koroma, Daniel Ward

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

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Paddy McNair, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Aaron Ramsey, Cameron Archer