Middlesbrough 4-0 Southampton: result and report

Middlesbrough 4-0 Southampton

Championship · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough beat Southampton 4-0 in the Championship on Sunday 4 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Morgan Whittaker opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Morgan Whittaker (54'), Sam Silvera (61'), Morgan Whittaker (66') and Alan Browne (76'). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Southampton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 3rd on 43 points from 25 and Southampton 15th on 33 points from 25. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Southampton 4th with 82.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Whittaker of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Matt Targett (8.2).

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

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