Middlesbrough 0-1 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Monday 29 December 2025

Result

Middlesbrough 0-1 Hull City

Championship · Monday 29 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Hull City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 0-1 Hull City: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Hull City 0-1 in the Championship on Monday 29 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Darko Gyabi of Hull City in the 12th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Hull City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 43 points from 23 and Hull City 4th on 38 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Hull City 6th with 80.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Hull City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivor Pandur of Hull City (8.0), ahead of Hayden Hackney (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 4 for Hull City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Darko GyabiHull City · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · Cathal McCarthyHull City
  • 30'Yellow card · Babajide David AkintolaHull City
  • 32'Yellow card · Sergej JakirovićHull City
  • 58'Yellow card · John EganHull City
  • 64'Yellow card · Kyle JosephHull City
  • 76'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough
  • 78'Yellow card · Sontje HansenMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 1, Hull City 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Eliot MatazoHull City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Semi AjayiHull City · suspension (Called Up To National Team)
  • Alfie JonesMiddlesbrough · injury (Ankle Injury)

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

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Matt Targett, Alex Bangura, Alan Browne, Alex Gilbert, Morgan Whittaker, Hayden Hackney, Kaly Sène, Tommy Conway

Hull City line-up (3-5-2)

Ivor Pandur, Charlie Hughes, John Egan, Akin Famewo, Lewie Coyle, Matt Crooks, Regan Slater, Darko Gyabi, Ryan Giles, Kyle Joseph, Joel Ndala