Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

There was a lot of ‘almost’ around Middlesbrough last season. Almost securing automatic promotion, almost getting over the line in the play-offs, almost back in the Premier League. This year, the numbers will tell us whether close finally becomes enough.
Position
#3
Played
8
Points
15
W · D · L
4·3·1
EFL
Top Match
MID
MID
15:00
Sat 10 Oct 2026
WOL
WOL

Upcoming Fixtures

All the games coming up this season.
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MID
MID
15:00
Sat 10 Oct
WOL
WOL
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STO
STO
20:00
Tue 13 Oct
MID
MID
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MID
MID
12:30
Sat 17 Oct
CAR
CAR
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BOL
BOL
20:00
Fri 23 Oct
MID
MID
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MID
MID
15:00
Sat 31 Oct
CHA
CHA

The Latest Results

Possession
47.9%
52.1%
BIR MID
Shots 15 - 15
Attendance 27,017
Played on: 19 Sep 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
80.2%
19.8%
MID MIL
Shots 22 - 11
Yellow Cards 1 - 1
Attendance 27,684
Played on: 15 Sep 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
49.8%
50.2%
MID NOR
Shots 17 - 13
Yellow Cards 2 - 1
Attendance 29,697
Played on: 12 Sep 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
52.1%
47.9%
QPR MID
Shots 16 - 16
Yellow Cards 1 - 2
Attendance 17,007
Played on: 05 Sep 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
42.4%
57.6%
BUR MID
Shots 11 - 10
Yellow Cards 2 - 2
Attendance 20,938
Played on: 02 Sep 2026
Competition: EFL
Possession
46.6%
53.4%
MID WBA
Shots 15 - 12
Attendance 29,571
Played on: 29 Aug 2026
Competition: EFL
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Inside Middlesbrough's Form

02 Sep
D
1-1
Burnley
05 Sep
W
1-0
Queens Park Rangers
12 Sep
W
4-3
Norwich City
15 Sep
D
2-2
Millwall
19 Sep
D
2-2
Birmingham City
Top Scorer
Will Lankshear
6 goals
8 apps View profile
Top Assister
Luke Ayling
2 assists
5 KP View profile
Shot Stopper
Will Lankshear
10 blocks
0 interceptions View profile
Goals Scored
16
2 per game
Goals Conceded
12
1.5 per game
Goal Difference
+4
5th in PL
Clean Sheets
1
13% of games
Total Assists
9
1.13 per game
Yellow Cards
8
1 per game
Pass Accuracy
87%
4,260 passes attempted

The Leaderboards

How Middlesbrough stacks up
👑 Assist Kings
  • #10 Sebastian Berhalter Sebastian Berhalter 17 pts
  • #41 Max Arfsten Max Arfsten 10 pts
  • #47 Amario Cozier-Duberry Amario Cozier-Duberry 10 pts

Out of 406 ranked

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😈 Bad Boys
  • #9 Will Lankshear Will Lankshear 14 fouls
  • #30 Callum Brittain Callum Brittain 11 fouls
  • #107 Sebastian Berhalter Sebastian Berhalter 7 fouls

Out of 452 ranked

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👻 Ghost Players
  • #15 Will Lankshear Will Lankshear 21.78 pts
  • #73 Kyle Joseph Kyle Joseph 31.56 pts
  • #190 Tommy Conway Tommy Conway 43.89 pts

Out of 417 ranked

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🟨 Most Cards
  • #89 Will Lankshear Will Lankshear 2 pts
  • #94 Riley McGree Riley McGree 2 pts
  • #134 Alfie Jones Alfie Jones 1 pts

Out of 235 ranked

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🛡️ Most Clean Sheets
  • #19 Radek Vítek Radek Vítek 1 clean sheets

Out of 33 ranked

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🎯 Pass Master
  • #2 Aidan Morris Aidan Morris 505 passes
  • #3 Adilson Malanda Adilson Malanda 461 passes
  • #7 Luke Ayling Luke Ayling 429 passes

Out of 541 ranked

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🧤 Shot Stopper
  • #20 Radek Vítek Radek Vítek 0.363 pts

Out of 33 ranked

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💪 Workhorses
  • #4 Aidan Morris Aidan Morris 0.63 pts
  • #20 Luke Ayling Luke Ayling 0.543 pts
  • #32 Max Arfsten Max Arfsten 0.507 pts

Out of 417 ranked

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Full Squad

30 players

Goalkeepers

1
Radek Vítek
Bristol City · Age 22
8 apps
33
Jon McLaughlin
Age 39
0 apps
31
Sol Brynn
Age 25
0 apps

Defenders

2
Callum Brittain
Age 28
8 apps 1a
12
Luke Ayling
Age 35
8 apps 2a
30
Neto Borges
Bristol City · Age 30
8 apps
29
Adilson Malanda
Age 24
7 apps 1g
5
Alfie Jones
Canada · Age 28
5 apps 1g
4
Ashley Phillips
Stoke City · Age 21
5 apps 1g
24
Alex Bangura
Age 27
0 apps
25
George Edmundson
Age 29
0 apps
3
Sam Byram
Leeds United · Age 33
0 apps

Midfielders

8
Riley McGree
Age 27
8 apps 1a
6
Sebastian Berhalter
USA · Age 25
8 apps 2g 1a
10
Aidan Morris
Age 24
7 apps 1g
17
Max Arfsten
USA · Age 25
7 apps 1g
14
Myles Peart-Harris
Oxford United · Age 24
7 apps
11
Amario Cozier-Duberry
Bolton Wanderers · Age 21
3 apps 2g 1a
19
Leo Castledine
Age 21
3 apps
21
Rokas Pukstas
Age 22
1 app
18
Connor Barron
Age 24
0 apps
44
Cruz Ibeh
Age 17
0 apps
28
Law McCabe
Age 20
0 apps

Forwards

22
Kyle Joseph
Hull City · Age 25
8 apps
7
Will Lankshear
Oxford United · Age 21
8 apps 6g
9
Tommy Conway
Age 24
6 apps 2a
16
Jeremy Sarmiento
Brighton and Hove Albion · Age 24
5 apps 1g
13
David Strelec
Age 25
2 apps
49
Josh Dede
Age 20
0 apps
—
Micah Hamilton
Age 22
0 apps

Can we retire the word ‘nearly’ now?

If you’re a Middlesbrough fan, you’ve probably heard enough about being close. Close to the top two. Close in the play-offs. Close to finally seeing Premier League football back on Teesside. At some point, close must get reaaaaally annoying.

Nobody needs Boro to look brilliant in August or have promotion wrapped up by Christmas. Fans just want to see whether all those near-misses have actually led somewhere.

Are the points coming? Are the goals there? Are Middlesbrough finally turning good spells into something bigger? Because another “nearly” probably isn’t going to make anyone feel much better.

FAQs

It's just a snappy shortening of Middlesbrough, and it's used almost universally by supporters, local press and the club itself.
Boro last played there in 2016/17, so the wait has been going on for quite a while now. They’ve had a few decent cracks at promotion since, but have narrowly missed out every time.
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