Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2024

Result

Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Watford · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Watford 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Watford beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 October 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

George Edmundson opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Watford's goals came from Edo Kayembe (76') and Kwadwo Baah (87'). Middlesbrough scored through George Edmundson (54').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 9th on 13 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 8th on 14 points from 8. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.

Watford lined up in a 5-3-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Ayling of Middlesbrough (7.9), ahead of Edo Kayembe (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Hayden HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 54'Goal · George EdmundsonMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 76'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Kwadwo BaahWatford · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Kwadwo BaahWatford
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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Watford line-up (5-3-2)

Jonathan Bond, Ryan Andrews, Mattie Pollock, Angelo Ogbonna, Ryan Porteous, Ken Sema, Moussa Sissoko, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Tom Ince, Daniel Jebbison, Giorgi Chakvetadze

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

Seny Dieng, Luke Ayling, Rav van den Berg, George Edmundson, Neto Borges, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Ben Gannon-Doak, Finn Azaz, Micah Hamilton, Emmanuel Latte Lath