Watford 1-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2012

Result

Watford 1-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 1-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Watford lost to Middlesbrough 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Watford's goal came from Troy Deeney (1'). Middlesbrough scored through M. Emnes (30') and S. McDonald (77').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 13 points from 9 and Middlesbrough 11th on 13 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Middlesbrough 14th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · M. EmnesMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 41'Red card · M. VydraWatford
  • 74'Yellow card · Josh McEachranMiddlesbrough
  • 77'Goal · S. McDonaldMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · E. LedesmaMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Watford 4, draws 1, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Watford line-up

Almunia, Neuton, Fitz Hall, Daniel Pudil, Marco Cassetti, Tommie Hoban, Jonathan Hogg, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Andre Bikey, George Friend, Stephen McManus, Grant Leadbitter, Nicky Bailey, Josh McEachran, Marvin Emnes, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Faris Haroun