Bristol City 3-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023

Result

Bristol City 3-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 25 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Bristol City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Bristol City 3-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Bristol City beat Middlesbrough 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 November 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Taylor Gardner-Hickman opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Taylor Gardner-Hickman (37'), Tommy Conway (45+1', penalty) and Mark Sykes (67'). Middlesbrough scored through an own goal by Zak Vyner (50') and Matt Crooks (52').

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 11th on 22 points from 16 and Middlesbrough 10th on 24 points from 16. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Middlesbrough 8th with 69.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Taylor Gardner-Hickman of Bristol City (8.4), ahead of Matt Crooks (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Taylor Gardner-HickmanBristol City · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Taylor Gardner-HickmanBristol City
  • 44'Yellow card · Dael FryMiddlesbrough
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · Tommy ConwayBristol City · 2-0
  • 50'Own goal · Zak VynerMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 52'Goal · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodMiddlesbrough
  • 67'Goal · Mark SykesBristol City · 3-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Cameron PringBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Matty James, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Sam Bell, Tommy Conway

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

Seny Dieng, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Lukas Engel, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Sam Greenwood, Emmanuel Latte Lath