Middlesbrough vs Bristol City

England • Championship • 2026/2027 • Round 16

Middlesbrough

15:0021 November 2026

Bristol City

Match information

Country: England
Competition: Championship
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 16
Date: 21 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Prediction

Middlesbrough win73%

Draw16%

Bristol City win10%

Full prediction

Clubs

Middlesbrough

Founded: 1876
Country: England
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
City: Middlesbrough
Capacity: 34 988
Surface: grass

Bristol City

Founded: 1894
Country: England
Stadium: Ashton Gate
City: Bristol
Capacity: 27 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Middlesbrough

DWWLD

Bristol City

LDWLL

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	15	+14	29
2	Middlesbrough	15	+11	29
3	Stoke	15	+6	29
…
16	Millwall	15	-4	18
17	Bristol City	15	-8	18
18	Bolton	15	-9	17

Full standings

Head-to-head

14 March 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 1 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 December 2025 • Championship • Bristol City 2 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 0)
21 February 2025 • Championship • Bristol City 2 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
19 October 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 0 : 2 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 2)
10 February 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 2 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 2)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
WilliamHill	1.36	4.75	7.00
bet365	1.36	4.75	7.50
Marathon	1.35	4.90	7.70
Betfair	1.36	5.00	7.00
BetVictor	1.36	4.75	7.00
Pncl	1.39	5.14	7.16
Sbo	1.32	4.45	6.18
1xBet	1.36	4.90	7.65
Betano	1.42	5.00	7.00

Best odds: 1 - 1.42 | X - 5.14 | 2 - 7.70

Double Chance

1X: 1.12
X2: 3.00
12: 1.18

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.73
No: 2.07

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.03
Under 0.5: 19.00
Over 1.5: 1.17
Under 1.5: 5.25
Over 2.5: 1.53
Under 2.5: 2.62
Over 3.5: 2.35
Under 3.5: 1.65
Over 4.5: 4.08
Under 4.5: 1.27
Over 5.5: 7.50
Under 5.5: 1.11

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Middlesbrough	Bristol City
-3.5 / +3.5	6.60	1.11
-3 / +3	5.75	1.14
-2.5 / +2.5	3.55	1.30
-2 / +2	2.97	1.44
-1.5 / +1.5	2.09	1.80
-1 / +1	1.62	2.39
0 / 0	1.12	6.00

Match result probability

Middlesbrough win73%

Draw16%

Bristol City win10%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 90%
X2: 27%
12: 84%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 83%
Under 1.5: 17%
Over 2.5: 62%
Under 2.5: 38%
Over 3.5: 40%
Under 3.5: 60%

Both teams to score

Yes: 50%
No: 50%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Middlesbrough	Bristol City
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	100%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	99%	1%
+1.5 / -1.5	97%	3%
+0.5 / -0.5	90%	10%
-0.5 / +0.5	73%	27%
-1.5 / +1.5	51%	49%
-2.5 / +2.5	29%	71%
-3.5 / +3.5	14%	86%
-4.5 / +4.5	6%	94%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Middlesbrough: Kim Hellberg
Bristol City: Michael Skubala

Missing players

Middlesbrough

5Alfie Jones - injured
21Rokas Pukstas - injured

Bristol City

16Robert Dickie - injured
38Noah Eile - injured

Squad - Middlesbrough

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Radek Vitek	23	13	0	0	0	6.75
31	Solomon Brynn	26	-	-	-	-	-
33	Jon McLaughlin	39	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Callum Brittain	28	13	1	2	1	7.10
3	Samuel Byram	33	1	0	0	0	6.70
4	Ashley Phillips	21	10	1	0	2	6.97
5	Alfie Jones injured	29	5	1	0	1	6.87
12	Luke Ayling	35	11	0	2	0	7.15
25	George Edmundson	29	-	-	-	-	-
29	Adilson Malanda	25	12	1	0	1	7.00
30	Borges Neto	30	13	1	0	1	6.80
Midfielders
6	Sebastian Berhalter	25	13	3	2	2	7.33
8	Riley McGree	28	13	0	3	3	6.69
10	Aidan Morris	24	12	2	0	0	7.41
14	Myles Peart-Harris	24	11	0	0	1	6.70
18	Connor Barron	24	-	-	-	-	-
19	Leo Castledine	21	4	0	0	0	6.42
21	Rokas Pukstas injured	22	1	0	0	0	6.20
28	Law McCabe	20	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Will Lankshear	21	13	13	0	2	7.16
9	Tommy Conway	24	11	1	4	0	7.13
11	Amario Cozier-Duberry	21	8	3	5	0	7.61
13	David Strelec	25	3	0	0	0	6.45
16	Jeremy Sarmiento	24	10	1	0	0	6.73
17	Max Arfsten	25	12	1	0	0	6.95
22	Kyle Joseph	25	12	0	0	0	6.34

Squad - Bristol City

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Sam Tickle	24	11	0	0	0	6.32
32	Lewis Thomas	29	-	-	-	-	-
40	Bradley Collins	29	2	0	0	0	6.80
Defenders
2	Lisav Eissat	21	11	1	0	2	6.71
3	Cameron Pring	28	11	0	1	0	6.73
5	Robert Atkinson	28	7	0	0	0	7.20
15	Luke McNally	27	4	0	0	1	6.95
16	Robert Dickie injured	30	7	1	0	1	6.92
19	George Tanner	26	11	0	0	0	7.01
21	Rio Cardines	20	13	0	6	1	7.06
38	Noah Eile injured	24	3	0	0	0	6.66
Midfielders
4	Adam Randell	26	6	0	0	2	6.70
6	Brian De Keersmaecker	26	5	0	0	1	6.70
8	Joe Williams	29	9	0	0	2	6.81
10	Scott Twine	27	10	4	0	0	6.95
12	Jason Knight	25	13	1	1	4	6.86
14	Tomi Horvat	27	5	0	0	0	6.42
17	Elijah Morrison	20	-	-	-	-	-
20	Sam Greenwood	24	10	0	0	1	6.47
27	Gibson Yah	23	9	0	0	0	6.76
Forwards
7	Yu Hirakawa	25	12	1	0	0	6.71
9	Lorent Tolaj	25	10	2	1	1	6.54
11	Samuel Bell	24	6	1	0	0	6.38
17	Jed Wallace	32	12	0	2	0	6.75
23	Dominic Ballard	21	13	4	0	0	6.73
29	Leo Pecover	18	-	-	-	-	-
45	Elijah Adebayo	28	6	0	0	1	6.41

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

Middlesbrough wins0

Draws3

Bristol City wins5

Goals: Middlesbrough: 8 (1.0)
Goals: Bristol City: 15 (1.9)
Goals per match: 2.9
Both teams scored: 6 / 8
Over 2.5 goals: 4 / 8

Results

14 March 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 1 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 December 2025 • Championship • Bristol City 2 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 0)
21 February 2025 • Championship • Bristol City 2 : 1 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
19 October 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 0 : 2 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 2)
10 February 2024 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 2 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 2)
25 November 2023 • Championship • Bristol City 3 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 2 : 0)
10 April 2023 • Championship • Bristol City 2 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 0)
5 November 2022 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 1 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Middlesbrough	Bristol City
W-D-L	5-4-1	3-2-5
Scored (per match)	22 (2.2)	8 (0.8)
Conceded (per match)	14 (1.4)	13 (1.3)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	6 / 10	3 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	7 / 10	3 / 10

Recent form - Middlesbrough

D7 November 2026 • Championship • Watford 0 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
L4 November 2026 • Championship • Wrexham 2 : 0 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
W31 October 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 3 : 0 Charlton (Half-time 2 : 0)
W23 October 2026 • Championship • Bolton 1 : 5 Middlesbrough (Half-time 1 : 3)
D17 October 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 2 : 2 Cardiff (Half-time 0 : 2)
W13 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 3 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 1 : 0 Wolves (Half-time 0 : 0)
D19 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
D15 September 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 2 : 2 Millwall (Half-time 0 : 2)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Middlesbrough 4 : 3 Norwich (Half-time 3 : 1)

Recent form - Bristol City

L7 November 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 0 : 5 Norwich (Half-time 0 : 1)
L4 November 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 1 : 2 Wolves (Half-time 1 : 0)
W31 October 2026 • Championship • Bolton 2 : 3 Bristol City (Half-time 1 : 1)
D24 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 0 : 0 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 0 : 1 Sheffield Utd (Half-time 0 : 1)
L13 October 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 0 : 1 Blackburn (Half-time 0 : 1)
D10 October 2026 • Championship • Charlton 1 : 1 Bristol City (Half-time 1 : 1)
W3 October 2026 • Club Friendlies • Crystal Palace 0 : 2 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 1)
W18 September 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 1 : 0 Watford (Half-time 1 : 0)
L15 September 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 0 : 1 Lincoln (Half-time 0 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham	15	8	5	2	28	14	+14	29
2	Middlesbrough	15	8	5	2	30	19	+11	29
3	Stoke	15	9	2	4	24	18	+6	29
4	Wolves	15	8	4	3	26	18	+8	28
5	West Brom	15	8	4	3	23	15	+8	28
6	Swansea	15	8	2	5	22	18	+4	26
7	Southampton	15	8	4	3	29	15	+14	24
8	QPR	15	6	6	3	24	18	+6	24
9	West Ham	15	6	5	4	37	23	+14	23
10	Sheffield Utd	15	6	4	5	21	19	+2	22
11	Portsmouth	15	6	4	5	20	18	+2	22
12	Norwich	15	7	0	8	32	24	+8	21
13	Blackburn	15	6	3	6	22	23	-1	21
14	Cardiff	15	4	6	5	27	27	0	18
15	Wrexham	15	4	6	5	18	20	-2	18
16	Millwall	15	5	3	7	23	27	-4	18
17	Bristol City	15	5	3	7	16	24	-8	18
18	Bolton	15	5	2	8	20	29	-9	17
19	Charlton	15	4	5	6	13	23	-10	17
20	Watford	15	4	3	8	13	23	-10	15
21	Lincoln	15	4	3	8	15	26	-11	15
22	Burnley	15	1	7	7	22	31	-9	10
23	Derby	15	2	4	9	14	30	-16	10
24	Preston	15	2	2	11	13	30	-17	8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	7	6	1	0	20	5	+15	19
2	Middlesbrough	7	5	2	0	17	9	+8	17
3	Birmingham	8	4	4	0	19	8	+11	16
4	Cardiff	8	4	4	0	21	13	+8	16
5	QPR	8	4	3	1	16	7	+9	15
6	West Brom	8	4	3	1	13	7	+6	15
7	Blackburn	8	5	0	3	14	10	+4	15
8	Swansea	7	4	2	1	11	3	+8	14
9	Wolves	7	4	2	1	13	7	+6	14
10	Watford	8	4	2	2	9	9	0	14
11	Stoke	7	4	1	2	12	6	+6	13
12	Portsmouth	8	4	1	3	14	13	+1	13
13	Wrexham	8	3	3	2	13	9	+4	12
14	Charlton	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12
15	Millwall	7	3	2	2	15	9	+6	11
16	Sheffield Utd	7	3	2	2	9	7	+2	11
17	West Ham	7	3	1	3	18	11	+7	10
18	Norwich	7	3	0	4	13	12	+1	9
19	Preston	8	2	1	5	8	13	-5	7
20	Bolton	7	2	0	5	9	15	-6	6
21	Bristol City	8	2	0	6	4	13	-9	6
22	Burnley	7	0	5	2	8	10	-2	5
23	Lincoln	7	1	2	4	8	16	-8	5
24	Derby	8	1	2	5	7	15	-8	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stoke	8	5	1	2	12	12	0	16
2	Wolves	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14
3	West Ham	8	3	4	1	19	12	+7	13
4	Birmingham	7	4	1	2	9	6	+3	13
5	West Brom	7	4	1	2	10	8	+2	13
6	Norwich	8	4	0	4	19	12	+7	12
7	Middlesbrough	8	3	3	2	13	10	+3	12
8	Bristol City	7	3	3	1	12	11	+1	12
9	Swansea	8	4	0	4	11	15	-4	12
10	Sheffield Utd	8	3	2	3	12	12	0	11
11	Bolton	8	3	2	3	11	14	-3	11
12	Lincoln	8	3	1	4	7	10	-3	10
13	Portsmouth	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	9
14	Southampton	8	2	3	3	9	10	-1	9
15	QPR	7	2	3	2	8	11	-3	9
16	Millwall	8	2	1	5	8	18	-10	7
17	Blackburn	7	1	3	3	8	13	-5	6
18	Wrexham	7	1	3	3	5	11	-6	6
19	Burnley	8	1	2	5	14	21	-7	5
20	Derby	7	1	2	4	7	15	-8	5
21	Charlton	7	1	2	4	6	16	-10	5
22	Cardiff	7	0	2	5	6	14	-8	2
23	Watford	7	0	1	6	4	14	-10	1
24	Preston	7	0	1	6	5	17	-12	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	13	0	0
1	A. Armstrong	Southampton	11	0	0
2	Z. Vipotnik	Swansea	11	0	0
2	J. Moylan	Cardiff City	10	3	3
3	M. Whittaker	Middlesbrough	10	0	0
4	B. Thomas-Asante	Coventry	10	0	0
4	R. Burrell	QPR	10	0	0
6	E. Simms	Coventry	10	0	0
6	J. Gelhardt	Hull	10	0	0
6	K. Moore	Wrexham	10	0	0
9	C. Morris	Derby	10	0	0
9	J. Makama	Norwich	10	0	0
3	Andri Gudjohnsen	Blackburn	9	0	0
11	S. Thomas	Stoke	9	0	0
12	O. McBurnie	Hull	9	0	0
13	J. James	Leicester	9	0	0
14	J. Philogene	Ipswich	9	0	0
15	H. Wright	Coventry	9	0	0
16	A. Mehmeti	Bristol City	8	0	0
17	A. Heggebo	West Brom	8	0	0
14	Scott Twine	Bristol City	5	1	0
21	D. Ballard	Bristol City	4	0	0
46	Sebastian Berhalter	Middlesbrough	3	0	2