Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 September 2025

Result

Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 27 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Southampton drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Southampton's goal came from Adam Armstrong (61'). Middlesbrough scored through Kaly Sène (77').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 19th on 6 points from 6 and Middlesbrough 1st on 16 points from 6. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Ayling of Middlesbrough (8.3), ahead of Shea Charles (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Alfie JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 50'Yellow card · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough
  • 51'Yellow cardMiddlesbrough
  • 54'Yellow cardSouthampton
  • 61'Goal · Adam ArmstrongSouthampton · 1-0
  • 77'Goal · Kaly SèneMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow cardMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Hayden HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Matt TargettMiddlesbrough
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Sverre NypanMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 2, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

Unavailable

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

Alex Simon McCarthy, Ronnie Edwards, Nathan Wood, Joshua Quarshie, Ryan Manning, Caspar Jander, Shea Charles, Tom Fellows, Finn Azaz, Adam Armstrong, Ross Stewart

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

Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, George Edmundson, Alfie Jones, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Matt Targett, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, David Strelec