Championship · Match preview
Middlesbrough 4–3 
Norwich City
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Riverside Stadium
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Match overview
Final score: Middlesbrough 4–3 Norwich City.
Middlesbrough are 3rd in the Championship table with 22 points from 11 matches; Norwich City are 21st with 9 points from 11.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Middlesbrough W D W W L; Norwich City W W L W W.
In their last 5 settled matches Middlesbrough scored 1.8 and conceded 1.0 goals per game; Norwich City scored 2.2 and conceded 1.0 in their last 5.
The Championship averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 3.0. Over 2.5 landed in 70% and both teams scored in 80% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Middlesbrough to win at 48% probability, and it came in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Middlesbrough to win
- Probability
- 48%
- Outcome
- Came in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Championship record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | 5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 60% | 80% | 20% |
| Norwich City | 5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Championship table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. | Middlesbrough | 11 | 6-4-1 | 22:16 | 22 |
| 21. | Norwich City | 11 | 3-0-8 | 17:21 | 9 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Middlesbrough
- AQueens Park Rangers0–1W
- ABurnley1–1D
- HWest Bromwich Albion3–1W
- ADoncaster Rovers1–3W
- ABlackburn Rovers2–1L
Norwich City
- HBirmingham City2–1W
- ASheffield United1–3W
- AStoke City1–0L
- HBurnley4–1W
- ACardiff City1–2W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.