Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 January 2013

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford

Championship · Saturday 12 January 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Watford 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 12 January 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.

Matěj Vydra opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Scott McDonald (90+4'). Watford scored through Matěj Vydra (45+1') and Matěj Vydra (82').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 4th on 47 points from 26 and Watford 6th on 40 points from 25. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Watford 2nd with 79.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 4 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Goal · Matěj VydraWatford · 0-1
  • 82'Goal · Matěj VydraWatford · 0-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Scott McDonaldMiddlesbrough
  • 90+4'Goal · Scott McDonaldMiddlesbrough · 1-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 1, Watford 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, George Friend, Rhys Williams, Sebastian Tony Hines, Grant Leadbitter, Nicky Bailey, Emmanuel Andrien, Josh McEachran, Faris Haroun, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott McDonald

Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Lloyd Doyley, Daniel Pudil, Marco Cassetti, Nyron Nosworthy, Joel Ekstrand, Almen Abdi, Cristian Battocchio, Nathaniel Chalobah, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra