Just Football Predictions

Middlesbrough vs Southampton

Full Time
Championship Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

4
-
0
Southampton

Southampton

Value Assessment Match Context Recent Form Sidelined Head-to-Head League Signals Final Words

Value Assessment

Home Win
2.13
40% pred
-6.9%
Draw
3.61
27% pred
-1.2%
Away Win
3.11
33% pred
+1.3%
BTTS Yes 1.57 54%
BTTS No

Match Info

Kickoff
Sun, Jan 4 2026 · 15:00
Venue
Riverside Stadium (Middlesbrough)
Competition
Championship · 26
Coaches
Kim Hellberg
Kim Hellberg
Middlesbrough
William Still
William Still
Southampton
Referee
Oliver Langford Oliver Langford
Related Coverage
League season story Middlesbrough form report Southampton form report

Recent Form

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
3W 1D 1L
1.8 GF · 0.2 GA
W H Norwich City Norwich City 1-0
W H Preston North End Preston North End 4-0
W H Southampton Southampton 4-0
L H Hull City Hull City 0-1
D H Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers 0-0
3W 1D 1L
1.8 GF · 0.2 GA
W H Norwich City Norwich City 1-0
W H Preston North End Preston North End 4-0
W H Southampton Southampton 4-0
L H Hull City Hull City 0-1
D H Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers 0-0
3W 0D 2L
1.6 GF · 1.6 GA
W A Sheffield United Sheffield United 2-1
W A Stoke City Stoke City 2-1
W A West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 3-2
L A Fulham Fulham 1-3
L A Derby County Derby County 0-1
5W 0D 0L
2.4 GF · 0.8 GA
W A Sheffield United Sheffield United 2-1
W H Norwich City Norwich City 1-0
W H Preston North End Preston North End 4-0
W A Stoke City Stoke City 2-1
W A West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion 3-2
Southampton Southampton
2W 2D 1L
1.4 GF · 1.6 GA
W A Stoke City Stoke City 2-0
D A Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1
W A Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 3-2
L A Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 0-4
D A Birmingham City Birmingham City 1-1
2W 2D 1L
0.8 GF · 0.6 GA
W H Watford Watford 1-0
W H Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-0
L H Hull City Hull City 1-2
D H Millwall Millwall 0-0
D H Coventry City Coventry City 1-1
2W 2D 1L
1.4 GF · 1.6 GA
W A Stoke City Stoke City 2-0
D A Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1
W A Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 3-2
L A Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 0-4
D A Birmingham City Birmingham City 1-1
3W 1D 1L
1.2 GF · 0.6 GA
W H Watford Watford 1-0
W A Stoke City Stoke City 2-0
D A Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1
W H Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-0
L H Hull City Hull City 1-2

Sidelined Players

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2 out
David Strelec
David Strelec
injury
Darragh Lenihan
Darragh Lenihan
injury
Southampton Southampton 5 out
Will Smallbone
Will Smallbone
injury
Kamaldeen Sulemana
Kamaldeen Sulemana
injury
Jack Stephens
Jack Stephens
injury
Cyle Larin
Cyle Larin
injury
Mads Roerslev
Mads Roerslev
injury

Head-to-Head (Last 10)

Middlesbrough
3
30%
Draws
3
30%
Southampton
4
40%
Avg Goals
2.9
BTTS
70%

League Signals

Predictability
50%
MEDIUM
Home Bias
+9%
MODERATE
Avg Goals
2.5
MEDIUM
Draw Rate
26%
BTTS
49%
Over 2.5
46%

Final Words

Middlesbrough enter this match in excellent form, winning 5 of their last 5 matches.