Middlesbrough 2-0 Watford: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-0 Watford

Championship · Saturday 28 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough won against Watford 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 January 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Chuba Akpom (36') and Marcus Forss (45+3'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 42 points from 28 and Watford 3rd on 44 points from 28. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Watford 11th with 63.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riley McGree of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Zack Steffen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 5 for Watford.

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