English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 9, 2026
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Middlesbrough LDWWD 0
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1st Leg · Riverside Stadium · 32,045 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Southampton and Middlesbrough play out goalless draw in first leg of Championship playoff semifinal

Southampton parked 'spygate' and survived an early onslaught against aggrieved Middlesbrough as a pulsating first leg of this Sky Bet Championship play-off semifinal somehow ended 0-0.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
0
36.5
Possession
63.5
6
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
481
328
Passes
568
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
18
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
43
22
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
8
29
Effective Clearances
21
29
Clearances
21

Head to Head

MID leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MID · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Solomon BrynnG
  2. 6Dael FryCD
  3. 29Adilson MalandaCD-L
  4. 12Luke AylingCD-R
  5. 8Riley McGreeCM-L
  6. 18Aidan MorrisCM-R
  7. 3Matt TargettLM
  8. 2Callum BrittainRM
  9. 13David StrelecF
  10. 9Tommy ConwayCF-L
  11. 11Morgan WhittakerCF-R

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 41Daniel PeretzG
  2. 15Nathan WoodCD-L
  3. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  4. 3Ryan ManningLB
  5. 14James BreeRB
  6. 10Finn AzazAM
  7. 4Flynn DownesLM
  8. 20Caspar JanderRM
  9. 9Cyle LarinF
  10. 13Léo ScienzaAM-L
  11. 18Tom FellowsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 55' Cyle Larin (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 59' Flynn Downes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Cyle Larin.
  4. 68' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Alan Browne replaces Riley McGree.
  5. 69' Substitution, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki replaces Tom Fellows.
  6. 69' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Flynn Downes.
  7. 79' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Morgan Whittaker.
  8. 79' Substitution, Middlesbrough. Leo Castledine replaces David Strelec.
  9. 86' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Léo Scienza.

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