Norwich City 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Norwich City 1-2 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Norwich City 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Norwich City were beaten by Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Finn Azaz opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Norwich City's goal came from Josh Sargent (85'). Middlesbrough scored through Finn Azaz (43') and Tommy Conway (45').
Discipline: Norwich City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 15th on 3 points from 2 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 6 points from 2. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.
Norwich City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Sargent of Norwich City (8.1), ahead of Kenny McLean (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Norwich City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Finn Azaz
- 45'Goal · Tommy Conway
- 48'Yellow card · Hayden Hackney
- 58'Red card · Jacob Wright
- 61'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
- 85'Goal · Josh Sargent
- 90+7'Yellow card · Sverre Nypan
Head-to-head
Team news
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Norwich City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Vladan Kovacevic, Jakov Medic, Harry Darling, José Córdoba, Jack Stacey, Mirko Topic, Jacob Wright, Papa Amadou Diallo, Ante Crnac, Emiliano Marcondes, Josh Sargent
Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Alfie Jones, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Sam Silvera, Morgan Whittaker, Finn Azaz, Tommy Conway