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
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.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Riley McGree
- 13'Yellow card · Riley McGree
- 37'Yellow card · Nathan Wood
- 38'Yellow card · Luke Ayling
- 45+1'Goal · Ross Stewart
- 56'Yellow card · Finn Azaz
- 78'Yellow card · Adilson Malanda
- 92'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
- 116'Goal · Shea Emmanuel Charles
- 120+3'Yellow card · Daniel Peretz
- 120+6'Yellow card · Cyle Larin
Head-to-head
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