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Monday 29 December 2025 · 19:45 · HT 0-1 · Riverside, Middlesbrough · Referee Leigh Doughty

Middlesbrough v Hull City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Middlesbrough's last 10 home games and Hull City's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 16 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 15 of 20, with 11.1 corners per match (league 10.3) and 3.3 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Middlesbrough v Hull City, full match

71%

Possession

29%

1.47

Expected goals (xG)

0.29

23

Shots

4

5

Shots on target

1

10

Corners

2

11

Fouls

11

1

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

12'

Goal

Darko Gyabi HUL

15'

Yellow card

Cathal McCarthy HUL

30'

Yellow card

David Akintola HUL

58'

Yellow card

John Egan HUL

64'

Yellow card

Kyle Joseph HUL

78'

Yellow card

Sontje Hansen MID

At a glance

Middlesbrough

5th in the table

D

L

W

Hull City

6th in the table

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Middlesbrough's home games and Hull City's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Middlesbrough's last 10 home games and Hull City's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

80%

16/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

85%

17/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

65%

13/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

40%

8/20 games · League 53%

Middlesbrough clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 25%

Hull City clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 25%

Middlesbrough fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Hull City fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.6

Corners

11.1

League 10.3

Cards

3.3

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Middlesbrough

4-2-2-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Solomon Brynn

DEFENDERS

2

3

12

24

MIDFIELDERS

7

11

14

16

FORWARDS

9

Tommy Conway

20

Mamadou Kaly Sene

SUBSTITUTES

33

40

17

18

19

22

42

10

27

Hull City

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Ivor Pandur

DEFENDERS

2

3

4

15

23

MIDFIELDERS

24

Darko Gyabi

25

Matt Crooks

27

Regan Slater

FORWARDS

19

Joel Ndala

22

Kyle Joseph

SUBSTITUTES

12

43

58

11

20

45

7

9

39

Referee: Leigh Doughty

18 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.11

Fouls per game

21.4

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

MID

HUL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

3.3

2.9

2.6

Over 0.5

91%

21/23

96%

22/23

93%

43/46

95%

Over 1.5

74%

17/23

87%

20/23

80%

37/46

75%

Over 2.5

52%

12/23

70%

16/23

61%

28/46

51%

Over 3.5

17%

4/23

48%

11/23

33%

15/46

26%

Over 4.5

9%

2/23

26%

6/23

17%

8/46

11%

Bet

MID

HUL

Match

League

Yes

61%

14/23

70%

16/23

65%

30/46

59%

Yes and win

35%

8/23

30%

7/23

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

10/23

65%

15/23

54%

25/46

42%

Yes and draw

22%

5/23

17%

4/23

20%

9/46

22%

Yes and loss

4%

1/23

22%

5/23

19%

Yes in both halves

4%

1/23

22%

5/23

13%

6/46

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Bet

MID

HUL

Match

League

Corners per match

10.3

10.1

10.2

10.3

Over 7.5

86%

19/22

77%

17/22

82%

36/44

79%

Over 8.5

64%

14/22

64%

14/22

64%

28/44

69%

Over 9.5

45%

10/22

59%

13/22

52%

23/44

55%

Over 10.5

36%

8/22

41%

9/22

39%

17/44

43%

Over 11.5

32%

7/22

32%

7/22

32%

14/44

33%

Over 12.5

32%

7/22

27%

6/22

30%

13/44

23%

Referee Leigh Doughty: 4.4 cards and 21.4 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

MID

HUL

Match

League

Cards per match

3.9

4.1

4.0

3.8

Over 2.5

70%

16/23

65%

15/23

67%

31/46

75%

Over 3.5

57%

13/23

52%

12/23

54%

25/46

51%

Over 4.5

35%

8/23

35%

8/23

35%

16/46

32%

Over 5.5

17%

4/23

35%

8/23

26%

12/46

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Morgan Whittaker

19 starts · 0.5 per 90

6%

1/16

42%

8/19

0%

0/19

0%

0/19

Kyle Joseph

17 starts · 0.3 per 90

19%

3/16

24%

4/17

6%

1/17

0%

0/17

Alexander Gilbert

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.