Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 May 2026

Result

Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 12 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Southampton drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 May 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Riley McGree opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Southampton's goals came from Ross Stewart (45+1') and Shea Emmanuel Charles (116'). Middlesbrough scored through Riley McGree (5').

Discipline: Southampton received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 4th on 81 points from 47 and Middlesbrough 5th on 81 points from 47. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Southampton (8.2), ahead of Adilson Malanda (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 13'Yellow card · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough
  • 37'Yellow card · Nathan WoodSouthampton
  • 38'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough
  • 45+1'Goal · Ross StewartSouthampton · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Finn AzazSouthampton
  • 78'Yellow card · Adilson MalandaMiddlesbrough
  • 92'Yellow card · Callum BrittainMiddlesbrough
  • 116'Goal · Shea Emmanuel CharlesSouthampton · 2-1
  • 120+3'Yellow card · Daniel PeretzSouthampton
  • 120+6'Yellow card · Cyle LarinSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-2-2-2)

Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Ryan Manning, Shea Charles, Caspar Jander, Finn Azaz, Kuryu Matsuki, Ross Stewart, Léo Scienza

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

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