Middlesbrough 1-0 Norwich City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Norwich City

Championship · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Norwich City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-0 Norwich City: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Norwich City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Hayden Hackney of Middlesbrough in the 17th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Norwich City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 55 points from 29 and Norwich City 19th on 33 points from 29. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Norwich City 9th with 65.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hayden Hackney of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Matt Targett (7.5).

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

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Norwich City's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Hayden HackneyMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Vladan KovačevićNorwich City
  • 72'Yellow card · Philippe ClementMiddlesbrough
  • 72'Yellow card · David StrelecMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Yellow card · Aidan MorrisMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Yellow card · Anis SlimaneNorwich City
  • 90'Yellow card · Philippe ClementNorwich City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 3, Norwich City 2.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Adilson Malanda, Matt Targett, Alan Browne, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, Riley McGree

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vladan Kovacevic, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, José Córdoba, Ben Chrisene, Kenny McLean, Jacob Wright, Papa Amadou Diallo, Anis Ben Slimane, Ali Ahmed, Jovon Makama