Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2026

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Wednesday 22 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Middlesbrough won against Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 April 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Morgan Whittaker of Middlesbrough in the 11th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 73 points from 43 and Sheffield Wednesday 24th on 15 points from 43. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 24th with 18.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Brittain of Middlesbrough (7.7), ahead of Tayo Adaramola (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read D-L-D-L-D and Sheffield Wednesday's D-D-D-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Morgan WhittakerMiddlesbrough
  • 51'Yellow card · Jarvis ThorntonSheffield Wednesday
  • 52'Yellow card · Adilson MalandaMiddlesbrough
  • 70'Yellow card · Max LoweSheffield Wednesday

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 2, Sheffield Wednesday 4.

Team news

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

Sol Brynn, Callum Brittain, Dael Fry, Luke Ayling, Matt Targett, Adilson Malanda, Aidan Morris, Alan Browne, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, David Strelec

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)

Murphy Cooper, Liam Palmer, Gabriel Otegbayo, Max Lowe, Sean Sheunesu Fusire, Jaden Heskey, Marvelous Nakamba, Jarvis Thornton, Tayo Adaramola, Charlie McNeill, Jerry Yates