Huddersfield Town 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023

Result

Huddersfield Town 1-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Huddersfield Town · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Huddersfield Town 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Huddersfield Town lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 29 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Josh Coburn opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Huddersfield Town's goal came from Michal Helik (60'). Middlesbrough scored through Josh Coburn (54') and Jonathan Howson (84').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 21st on 25 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 14th on 33 points from 24. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 8th with 69.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sorba Thomas of Huddersfield Town (8.0), level with Jonathan Howson (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Morgan RogersMiddlesbrough
  • 54'Goal · Josh CoburnMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Michal HelikHuddersfield Town · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Alex BanguraMiddlesbrough
  • 84'Missed penalty · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough
  • 84'Goal · Jonathan HowsonMiddlesbrough · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 3, draws 3, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-5-2)

Jacob Chapman, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Yuta Nakayama, David Kasumu, Ben Wiles, Jonathan Hogg, Jack Rudoni, Jaheim Headley, Sorba Thomas, Josh Koroma

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

Tom Glover, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Rav van den Berg, Alex Bangura, Jonathan Howson, Dan Barlaser, Isaiah Jones, Morgan Rogers, Sam Greenwood, Sam Silvera