Derby 1-0 Middlesbrough
Key events
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Middlesbrough- B. Clark
DerbyFT 1–0
Venue
Pride Park Stadium
Derby · England
- Address
- Pride Park, Royal Way
- Surface
- grass
- Capacity
- 33597
Match
Andrew Kitchen, England
Round 25
- Referee
- Andrew Kitchen, England
- Round
- 25
- Date
Competition
League · England
- Country
- England (GB-ENG)
- Season
- 2025
- Dates
- 2025-08-08 → 2026-05-23
Match statistics
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Visual snapshot of possession, chance quality, and shooting.
Possession
32%32%68%68%
Expected goals (xG)
1.2248%1.3252%
Total shots
727%1973%
Shots on target
338%563%
Team form & competition
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- #8 Position
- 69 Points
- 20-9-17 W-D-L
- 67/59 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 3-1 / 0-5
- Worst defeats
- 3-5 / 4-2
- #5 Position
- 80 Points
- 22-14-10 W-D-L
- 72/47 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 5-1 / 0-4
- Worst defeats
- 2-4 / 3-0
Head to head
View all3Derbywins
4Drawsmatches
9Middlesbroughwins
Recorded meetings: 16 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
- Highest scoring
- Derby 3–1 Middlesbrough
- Derby most goals
- Middlesbrough 0–3 Derby
- Middlesbrough most goals
- Middlesbrough 2–1 Derby
Match headlines
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Middlesbrough created the clearer chances on xG (1.22 vs 1.32, Δ 0.10). Middlesbrough fired more attempts (19 vs 7 shots). Derby was more accurate in front of goal (43% on target vs 26%). Middlesbrough held more of the ball (68% possession).
Middlesbrough underperformed their xG by 1.3 goals (0 scored vs 1.32 xG).