Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 February 2025

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford

Championship · Saturday 15 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Watford · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-1 Watford: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Watford 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Moussa Sissoko of Watford in the 40th minute.

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 44 points from 31 and Watford 13th on 42 points from 32. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Imrân Louza of Watford (8.3), ahead of James Abankwah (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Moussa SissokoWatford · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough
  • 65'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 81'Yellow card · Egil SelvikWatford
  • 83'Yellow card · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Watford 5.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Travers, Luke Ayling, Rav van den Berg, George Edmundson, Neto Borges, Morgan Whittaker, Dan Barlaser, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Kelechi Iheanacho, Tommy Conway

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

Egil Selvik, Ryan Andrews, Kévin Keben, James Abankwah, Yasser Larouci, Imrân Louza, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Mamadou Doumbia