Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 August 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 14 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Bristol City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City: match report

Middlesbrough won against Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Uche Ikpeazu opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Uche Ikpeazu (38') and Matt Crooks (70'). Bristol City scored through Andy King (60').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 1 yellow card.

Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Bristol City 18th with 55.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Uche Ikpeazu of Middlesbrough (8.2), ahead of Isaiah Jones (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · R. AtkinsonBristol City
  • 38'Goal · Uche IkpeazuMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · Andy KingBristol City · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 1, Bristol City 6.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Grant Hall, Dael Fry, Marc Bola, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Paddy McNair, Djed Spence, Uche Ikpeazu, Isaiah Jones

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

Daniel Bentley, Zak Vyner, Nathan Baker, Rob Atkinson, Jay Dasilva, Matty James, Andy King, Andreas Weimann, Alex Scott, Kasey Palmer, Chris Martin