Middlesbrough 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Adam Reach of Sheffield Wednesday in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 39 points from 23 and Sheffield Wednesday 17th on 27 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 73 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Bešić of Middlesbrough (7.8), level with Adam Reach (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Adam ReachSheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 41'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 81'Yellow card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough
  • 83'Yellow card · Liam PalmerSheffield Wednesday
  • 86'Yellow card · M. FoxSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 2, Sheffield Wednesday 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-1-1)

Darren Randolph, Yuki Takahashi, Aden Flint, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Adam Clayton, M. Bešić, George Friend, Stewart Downing, Britt Assombalonga

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-1-4-1)

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Michael Hector, Morgan Fox, Sam Hutchinson, Marco Matias, Adam Reach, Barry Bannan, Lucas João, Steven Fletcher