Middlesbrough 1-0 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 Huddersfield Town: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from D. Spence of Middlesbrough in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 20th on 24 points from 23 and Huddersfield Town 19th on 25 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Huddersfield Town 19th with 51.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 5-4-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aynsley Pears of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Trevoh Chalobah (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 1 for Huddersfield Town.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · D. SpenceMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · J. BacunaHuddersfield Town
  • 43'Yellow card · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 64'Yellow card · Ashley FletcherMiddlesbrough
  • 77'Yellow card · Kamil GrabaraHuddersfield Town
  • 82'Yellow card · Lewis O'BrienHuddersfield Town
  • 88'Yellow card · George SavilleMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Karlan GrantHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 3, Huddersfield Town 1.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (5-4-1)

Aynsley Pears, Djed Spence, Jonathan Howson, Yuki Takahashi, Dael Fry, Hayden Coulson, Marvin Johnson, Lewis Wing, George Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Ashley Fletcher

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

Kamil Grabara, Danny Simpson, Christopher Schindler, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Florent Hadergjonaj, Jonathan Hogg, Trevoh Chalobah, Elias Kachunga, Juninho Bacuna, Karlan Grant, Steve Mounié