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# Middlesbrough 5-1 Watford

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 25 Apr 12:30
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 45
- **Venue:** Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 6' | Normal Goal | M. Whittaker | Middlesbrough |
| 45+1' | Normal Goal | D. Strelec (M. Whittaker) | Middlesbrough |
| 46' | Substitution 1 | A. Bangura (on for M. Targett) | Middlesbrough |
| 48' | Normal Goal | J. Abankwah (K. Keben) | Watford |
| 58' | Normal Goal | M. Whittaker | Middlesbrough |
| 62' | Substitution 1 | J. Ngakia (on for O. Maamma) | Watford |
| 62' | Substitution 2 | E. Bove (on for M. Doumbia) | Watford |
| 63' | Substitution 3 | L. Kjerrumgaard (on for N. Irankunda) | Watford |
| 63' | Substitution 4 | N. Mendy (on for J. Grieves) | Watford |
| 63' | Substitution 2 | M. Whittaker (on for T. Conway) | Middlesbrough |
| 63' | Substitution 3 | A. Malanda (on for D. Fry) | Middlesbrough |
| 64' | Substitution 4 | S. Hansen (on for L. Castledine) | Middlesbrough |
| 74' | Yellow Card | J. Abankwah | Watford |
| 75' | Penalty | T. Conway | Middlesbrough |
| 82' | Substitution 5 | M. Bola (on for T. Ince) | Watford |
| 83' | Substitution 5 | J. Sarmiento (on for S. Silvera) | Middlesbrough |
| 85' | Yellow Card | I. Louza | Watford |
| 85' | Yellow Card | T. Conway | Middlesbrough |
| 90+2' | Normal Goal | T. Conway (D. Strelec) | Middlesbrough |

## Statistics

| Stat | Middlesbrough | Watford |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 9 | 3 |
| Shots off Goal | 5 | 6 |
| Total Shots | 20 | 12 |
| Blocked Shots | 6 | 3 |
| Shots insidebox | 9 | 6 |
| Shots outsidebox | 11 | 6 |
| Fouls | 8 | 8 |
| Corner Kicks | 6 | 3 |
| Offsides | 0 | 4 |
| Ball Possession | 57% | 43% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 2 | 4 |
| Total passes | 527 | 396 |
| Passes accurate | 463 | 333 |
| Passes % | 88% | 84% |
| expected_goals | 2.33 | 0.76 |
| goals_prevented | 0 | 0 |

## Middlesbrough Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Solomon Brynn (31), Callum Brittain (2), Luke Ayling (12), Adilson Malanda (29), Alex Bangura (24), Alexander Gilbert (14), Aidan Morris (18), Morgan Whittaker (11), Jeremy Sarmiento (45), Sontje Hansen (27), David Strelec (13)

**Substitutes:** Joe Wildsmith (32), Matt Targett (3), George Edmundson (25), Dael Fry (6), Samuel Silvera (22), Alan Browne (16), Leo Castledine (23), Mamadou Kaly Sene (20), Tommy Conway (9)


## Watford Lineup (3-5-2)

**Starting XI:** Egil Selvik (1), James Abankwah (25), Matthew Pollock (6), Kévin Keben Biakolo (4), Jeremy Ngakia (2), Nampalys Mendy (23), Imrân Louza (10), Edo Kayembe (39), Marc Bola (16), Luca Kjerrumgaard (9), Edoardo Bove (15)

**Substitutes:** Nathan Baxter (12), Saba Goglichidze (3), Giorgi Chakvetadze (8), Jack Grieves (43), Tom Ince (7), Othmane Maamma (42), Nestory Irankunda (66), Mamadou Doumbia (20), Kwadwo Baah (34)