Watford 2-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023

Result

Watford 2-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Watford · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Watford 2-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Watford lost to Middlesbrough 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Riley McGree opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Vakoun Issouf Bayo (19') and Wesley Hoedt (52'). Middlesbrough scored through Riley McGree (5'), Riley McGree (12') and Josh Coburn (63').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 16th on 9 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 22nd on 5 points from 8. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Middlesbrough 8th with 69.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riley McGree of Middlesbrough (8.9), ahead of Wesley Hoedt (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 4 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 19'Goal · Vakoun Issouf BayoWatford · 1-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Ryan PorteousWatford
  • 52'Goal · Wesley HoedtWatford · 2-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Francisco SierraltaWatford
  • 63'Goal · Josh CoburnMiddlesbrough · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 4, Middlesbrough 1.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Francisco Sierralta, Wesley Hoedt, Jeremy Ngakia, Imrân Louza, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Jamal Lewis, Yáser Asprilla, Mileta Rajović, Vakoun Bayo

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

Seny Dieng, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Lewis O'Brien, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Riley McGree, Josh Coburn