Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Monday 5 April 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Watford

Championship · Monday 5 April 2021, 11:30 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 Monday 5 April 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Yannick Bolasie (78'). Watford scored through Ismaïla Sarr (32').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 56 points from 39 and Watford 2nd on 78 points from 39. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Darnell Fisher of Middlesbrough (7.5), level with Marc Bola (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 4 draws and 5 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Nathaniel ChalobahWatford
  • 32'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 0-1
  • 78'Goal · Yannick BolasieMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 4, Watford 5.

Team news

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

Marcus Bettinelli, Darnell Fisher, Grant Hall, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Jonathan Howson, Sam Morsy, Djed Spence, George Saville, Neeskens Kebano, Duncan Watmore

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Nathaniel Chalobah, Will Hughes, Philip Zinckernagel, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema