Championship Full Time Dec 20 • 3:00 PM

Championship England Sat, Dec 20 • 03:00 PM

Bristol City

2 vs 0

Full Time

Middlesbrough

Bristol City

2 vs 0

Scheduled

Ashton Gate Stadium

Ref Anthony Backhouse Attendance N/A

Middlesbrough

E. Riis - 17'

R. Atkinson - 62'

Competition Stage Matchday 1

Status Full Time

Venue Ashton Gate Stadium

Kickoff Sat, Dec 20 • 03:00 PM

Pre-match Context

Competition Stage

Matchday 1

Match State

Full Time

H2H Edge (last 5)

Bristol City

Draws

Middlesbrough

Stadium

Ashton Gate Stadium

27K cap.

Match Information

Kickoff

Dec 20, 2025 - 03:00 PM

Referee

Anthony Backhouse

Capacity

27K

Possession Edge

Bristol City 28% - 72% Middlesbrough

Match Snapshot

Half Time

0 - 0

Full Time

2 - 0

Cards

H 2Y/0R · A 3Y/0R

Offsides

Bristol City 1 · 0 Middlesbrough

Key Moments

⇄

90' · 2

Sinclair Armstrong

Bristol City

⇄

84' · 2

Alex Gilbert

Middlesbrough

⇄

74' · 2

Emil Riis

Bristol City

⇄

74' · 2

Sverre Nypan

Middlesbrough

⇄

73' · 2

Matt Targett

Middlesbrough

62' · 2

Rob Atkinson

Bristol City

Statistics

Full Match Statistics

Advanced Snapshot

Middlesbrough edge

Control 28% Possession 72% Control

Attack 13.0 Pressure 28.0 Attack

Tempo 12 Discipline 14 Tempo

28%

Bristol City

Poss

72%

Middlesbrough

28%

Ball Possession

72%

0.87

Expected Goals

1.93

Expected Goals Conceded

0.87

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Shots off Goal

9/19 (47%)

Successful Dribbles

12/29 (41%)

Corner Kicks

Throw-ins

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

240

Total Passes

586

Free Kicks

Goal Kicks

109

Possession Lost

151

Final Third Possession Won

Was Dribbled Past

Was Fouled

32/66 (48%)

Ground Duels Won

34/66 (52%)

9/16 (56%)

Aerial Duels Won

7/16 (44%)

Duels Won

Clearances

9/18 (50%)

Tackles Won

16/16 (100%)

Interceptions

Backward Passes

Passes Into Final Third

140

Key Passes

26/56 (46%)

Long Passes Completed

24/49 (49%)

140

Passes Opposition Half

402

105

Passes Own Half

213

2/5 (40%)

Crosses Completed

5/29 (17%)

0.35

Expected Assists

1.4

Big Chances Missed

Shots Outside The Box

Shots Inside The Box

1.31

Expected Goals On Target

0.4

Hit Woodwork

Shots Blocked

Attacks

103

174

Passes Completed

489

Big Chances Created

Bristol City Confirmed

Formation

4-2-2-2

Depth

11 XI / 9 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-2-2-2

Max O'Leary

Cameron Pring

Zak Vyner

Rob Dickie

Ross McCrorie

Jason Knight

Adam Randell

Anis Mehmeti

↓ 54' OUT | Rob Atkinson IN

Scott Twine

Emil Riis

↓ 74' OUT | Fally Mayulu IN

Sinclair Armstrong

↓ 90' OUT | Yu Hirakawa IN

Substitutes

5 Rob Atkinson

↑ 54' IN | Anis Mehmeti OUT

24 Haydon Roberts

7 Yu Hirakawa

↑ 90' IN | Sinclair Armstrong OUT

9 Fally Mayulu

↑ 74' IN | Emil Riis OUT

13 Joe Lumley

34 Jed Meerholz

26 Josh Stokes

27 Harry Cornick

25 Ephraim Yeboah

Missing

Mark Sykes

Missing

Max Bird

Missing

Joe Williams

Missing

Luke McNally

Missing

Management

Gerhard Struber

Management

Middlesbrough Confirmed

Formation

4-2-2-2

Depth

11 XI / 9 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-2-2-2

Sol Brynn

Matt Targett

↓ 73' OUT | Alex Bangura IN

Alfie Jones

Luke Ayling

Callum Brittain

Hayden Hackney

Alex Gilbert

↓ 84' OUT | Delano Burgzorg IN

Riley McGree

↓ 16' OUT | Sverre Nypan IN

Morgan Whittaker

Tommy Conway

David Strelec