Middlesbrough 1–0 Norwich – England Championship, 31 Jan 2026

Match facts

Middlesbrough Norwich

9 Shots 8

5 Shots on target 3

3 Corners 5

12 Fouls 18

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (347 league matches this season so far).

Result Middlesbrough to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.83

Expected goals 1.69 – 1.11

Home / Draw / Away

51% 24% 25%

MiddlesbroughDrawNorwich

Under / Over 2.5 goals

47% 53%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

45% 55%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

17% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

15% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.4% 1–0 10.3% 2–1 9.6%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Middlesbrough before this match, all matches

1.90points / match

1.59scored / match

1.00conceded / match

16 7 6

WonDrawnLost 29 played · 46:29

Norwich before this match, all matches

1.14points / match

1.28scored / match

1.41conceded / match

9 6 14

WonDrawnLost 29 played · 37:41

Middlesbrough all matches all matches Norwich

Per match

1.59 Goals scored 1.28

1.00 Goals conceded 1.41

2.59 Total goals 2.69

14.48 Shots 12.07

4.38 Shots on target 3.93

10.28 Shots faced 13.59

6.24 Corners 4.83

4.31 Corners against 5.72

9.34 Fouls 9.59

1.45 Yellow cards 1.83

0.69 1st-half goals scored 0.59

0.48 1st-half goals conceded 0.48

How often Full Time

55% Wins 31%

24% Draws 21%

21% Losses 48%

93% Over 0.5 goals 100%

72% Over 1.5 goals 83%

55% Over 2.5 goals 52%

24% Over 3.5 goals 21%

10% Over 4.5 goals 14%

3% Over 5.5 goals 0%

55% Both teams scored 69%

28% Clean sheets 10%

24% Failed to score 21%

How often Half Time

34% Wins 31%

28% Draws 48%

38% Losses 21%

72% Over 0.5 goals 59%

28% Over 1.5 goals 28%

14% Over 2.5 goals 14%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough all matches

2

1

W

3

1

W

2

L

D

1

L

1

L

4

W

3

2

W

2

1

W

4

W

Norwich all matches

1

D

2

1

W

1

D

1

W

1

L

2

1

W

2

L

2

1

W

5

W

2

1

W

Middlesbrough before this match, at home

2.14points / match

1.71scored / match

0.79conceded / match

9 3 2

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 24:11

Norwich before this match, away

1.33points / match

1.53scored / match

1.40conceded / match

5 5 5

WonDrawnLost 15 played · 23:21

Middlesbrough at home away Norwich

Per match

1.71 Goals scored 1.53

0.79 Goals conceded 1.40

2.50 Total goals 2.93

14.29 Shots 10.87

4.50 Shots on target 3.93

11.14 Shots faced 15.33

6.43 Corners 4.33

4.93 Corners against 6.80

9.57 Fouls 9.93

0.86 Yellow cards 2.40

0.71 1st-half goals scored 0.80

0.43 1st-half goals conceded 0.60

How often Full Time

64% Wins 33%

21% Draws 33%

14% Losses 33%

86% Over 0.5 goals 100%

64% Over 1.5 goals 93%

57% Over 2.5 goals 53%

29% Over 3.5 goals 27%

7% Over 4.5 goals 20%

7% Over 5.5 goals 0%

50% Both teams scored 80%

43% Clean sheets 13%

21% Failed to score 7%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 40%

36% Draws 40%

29% Losses 20%

64% Over 0.5 goals 73%

29% Over 1.5 goals 40%

21% Over 2.5 goals 20%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough at home

2

1

W

1

D

2

1

W

2

4

L

2

1

W

3

1

W

D

1

L

4

W

4

W

Norwich away

1

L

1

2

L

1

D

1

4

L

2

3

L

1

D

1

D

2

1

W

2

1

W

5

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Middlesbrough all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
21.01.26	Stoke – Middlesbrough	1–2 (1–0)	3.00	3.30	2.30	2.05	1.80
16.01.26	West Brom – Middlesbrough	2–3 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.70	2.10	1.73
04.01.26	Middlesbrough – Southampton	4–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.50	3.20	1.73	2.10
01.01.26	Derby – Middlesbrough	1–0 (0–0)	3.05	3.25	2.25	2.10	1.73
29.12.25	Middlesbrough – Hull	0–1 (0–1)	1.62	3.90	4.50	1.73	2.10
26.12.25	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	1.76	3.60	4.33	1.93	1.93
20.12.25	Bristol City – Middlesbrough	2–0 (1–0)	2.65	3.40	2.45	1.85	2.00
13.12.25	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (2–0)	1.86	3.70	3.80	1.91	1.91
09.12.25	Charlton – Middlesbrough	1–2 (0–2)	3.30	3.25	2.10	2.10	1.73

Norwich all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.01.26	Norwich – Coventry	2–1 (0–1)	2.82	3.50	2.30	1.67	2.20
20.01.26	West Brom – Norwich	0–5 (0–1)	1.96	3.50	3.60	2.00	1.80
17.01.26	Wrexham – Norwich	1–2 (1–1)	2.20	3.40	3.10	1.91	1.91
04.01.26	Norwich – Stoke	0–2 (0–0)	2.15	3.50	3.05	1.93	1.93
01.01.26	QPR – Norwich	1–2 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.40	1.91	1.91
29.12.25	Norwich – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.40	2.65	1.80	2.00
26.12.25	Norwich – Charlton	1–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	3.70	1.98	1.88
20.12.25	Preston – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.50	3.05	1.88	1.98
13.12.25	Norwich – Southampton	2–1 (0–0)	3.30	3.90	1.96	1.62	2.30
09.12.25	Sheffield United – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	1.56	3.90	5.25	1.67	2.20

Middlesbrough at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.01.26	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (3–0)	1.51	4.00	5.75	1.80	2.00
04.01.26	Middlesbrough – Southampton	4–0 (0–0)	2.10	3.50	3.20	1.73	2.10
29.12.25	Middlesbrough – Hull	0–1 (0–1)	1.62	3.90	4.50	1.73	2.10
26.12.25	Middlesbrough – Blackburn	0–0 (0–0)	1.76	3.60	4.33	1.93	1.93
13.12.25	Middlesbrough – QPR	3–1 (2–0)	1.86	3.70	3.80	1.91	1.91
29.11.25	Middlesbrough – Derby	2–1 (0–1)	1.71	3.60	5.00	2.20	1.67
25.11.25	Middlesbrough – Coventry	2–4 (1–2)	2.57	3.40	2.55	1.93	1.93
08.11.25	Middlesbrough – Birmingham	2–1 (2–1)	2.55	3.25	2.65	2.30	1.62
25.10.25	Middlesbrough – Wrexham	1–1 (0–1)	1.68	3.60	4.75	2.00	1.85
17.10.25	Middlesbrough – Ipswich	2–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.25	2.50	2.10	1.73

Norwich away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
20.01.26	West Brom – Norwich	0–5 (0–1)	1.96	3.50	3.60	2.00	1.80
17.01.26	Wrexham – Norwich	1–2 (1–1)	2.20	3.40	3.10	1.91	1.91
01.01.26	QPR – Norwich	1–2 (0–0)	2.10	3.40	3.40	1.91	1.91
20.12.25	Preston – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.50	3.05	1.88	1.98
09.12.25	Sheffield United – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	1.56	3.90	5.25	1.67	2.20
06.12.25	Watford – Norwich	3–2 (1–2)	1.86	3.60	3.80	1.85	2.00
22.11.25	Birmingham – Norwich	4–1 (3–1)	1.62	3.70	5.00	1.90	1.95
05.11.25	Sheffield Weds – Norwich	1–1 (1–0)	3.30	3.50	2.05	1.90	1.95
25.10.25	Swansea – Norwich	2–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.25	3.20	1.93	1.93
21.10.25	Derby – Norwich	1–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.05	2.82	2.20	1.67

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

5 2

Middlesbrough winsDrawsNorwich wins

7matches

3.57goals / match

86%over 2.5

86%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
23.08.25E1	Norwich – Middlesbrough	1–2 (0–2)	2.25	3.40	3.10	1.93	1.93
26.04.25E1	Middlesbrough – Norwich	0–0 (0–0)	1.55	4.33	5.25	1.53	2.50
27.10.24E1	Norwich – Middlesbrough	3–3 (1–3)	2.75	3.30	2.50	1.73	2.10
06.03.24E1	Middlesbrough – Norwich	3–1 (2–1)	2.30	3.50	3.00	1.73	2.08
24.10.23E1	Norwich – Middlesbrough	1–2 (0–0)	2.75	3.60	2.45	1.67	2.15
14.04.23E1	Middlesbrough – Norwich	5–1 (4–1)	1.91	3.75	3.80	1.80	2.00
12.11.22E1	Norwich – Middlesbrough	1–2 (1–0)	2.20	3.30	3.40	1.95	1.90

England Championship table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	29	17	7	5	62	33	+29	58
2	Middlesbrough	29	16	7	6	46	29	+17	55
3	Ipswich	28	14	8	6	48	27	+21	50
4	Hull	28	15	5	8	47	40	+7	50
5	Millwall	29	14	7	8	36	35	+1	49
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	44	37	+7	47
7	Derby	30	12	9	9	44	37	+7	45
8	Watford	28	11	10	7	39	33	+6	43
9	Bristol City	30	12	7	11	40	36	+4	43
10	Preston	29	11	10	8	36	33	+3	43
11	Stoke	30	12	6	12	34	28	+6	42
12	Southampton	30	10	10	10	43	41	+2	40
13	QPR	29	11	7	11	40	42	-2	40
14	Birmingham	29	10	9	10	39	38	+1	39
15	Leicester	30	10	8	12	40	45	-5	38
16	Swansea	29	10	6	13	32	37	-5	36
17	Sheffield United	28	11	2	15	39	41	-2	35
18	Charlton	29	9	8	12	29	38	-9	35
19	Norwich	29	9	6	14	37	41	-4	33
20	West Brom	29	9	5	15	32	44	-12	32
21	Portsmouth	27	7	9	11	24	37	-13	30
22	Blackburn	28	7	8	13	26	37	-11	29
23	Oxford	28	6	9	13	27	36	-9	27
24	Sheffield Weds	29	1	8	20	18	57	-39	11

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	14	11	2	1	31	11	+20	35
2	Ipswich	15	10	4	1	29	11	+18	34
3	Middlesbrough	14	9	3	2	24	11	+13	30
4	Watford	15	8	5	2	24	15	+9	29
5	Millwall	15	9	2	4	21	17	+4	29
6	Birmingham	14	7	6	1	28	14	+14	27
7	Hull	14	8	2	4	21	20	+1	26
8	Swansea	15	7	4	4	20	18	+2	25
9	Bristol City	16	7	3	6	25	20	+5	24
10	Wrexham	15	6	6	3	26	22	+4	24
11	QPR	14	7	2	5	26	20	+6	23
12	Southampton	14	6	5	3	19	13	+6	23
13	Preston	15	6	5	4	19	16	+3	23
14	Leicester	15	6	4	5	20	19	+1	22
15	West Brom	14	6	4	4	18	19	-1	22
16	Stoke	15	6	3	6	19	14	+5	21
17	Charlton	13	6	3	4	15	14	+1	21
18	Sheffield United	13	6	2	5	21	14	+7	20
19	Portsmouth	14	5	4	5	15	15	0	19
20	Derby	15	4	6	5	18	21	-3	18
21	Oxford	14	3	6	5	13	17	-4	15
22	Norwich	14	4	1	9	14	20	-6	13
23	Blackburn	14	2	5	7	14	21	-7	11
24	Sheffield Weds	16	0	4	12	7	33	-26	4

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby	15	8	3	4	26	16	+10	27
2	Middlesbrough	15	7	4	4	22	18	+4	25
3	Hull	14	7	3	4	26	20	+6	24
4	Coventry	15	6	5	4	31	22	+9	23
5	Wrexham	15	6	5	4	18	15	+3	23
6	Stoke	15	6	3	6	15	14	+1	21
7	Norwich	15	5	5	5	23	21	+2	20
8	Preston	14	5	5	4	17	17	0	20
9	Millwall	14	5	5	4	15	18	-3	20
10	Bristol City	14	5	4	5	15	16	-1	19
11	Blackburn	14	5	3	6	12	16	-4	18
12	Southampton	16	4	5	7	24	28	-4	17
13	QPR	15	4	5	6	14	22	-8	17
14	Ipswich	13	4	4	5	19	16	+3	16
15	Leicester	15	4	4	7	20	26	-6	16
16	Sheffield United	15	5	0	10	18	27	-9	15
17	Watford	13	3	5	5	15	18	-3	14
18	Charlton	16	3	5	8	14	24	-10	14
19	Oxford	14	3	3	8	14	19	-5	12
20	Birmingham	15	3	3	9	11	24	-13	12
21	Swansea	14	3	2	9	12	19	-7	11
22	Portsmouth	13	2	5	6	9	22	-13	11
23	West Brom	15	3	1	11	14	25	-11	10
24	Sheffield Weds	13	1	4	8	11	24	-13	7

Middlesbrough Norwich

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Hull	28	9	19	1.7	1.4	15	5	8	47	40	50
2	15	Leicester	30	11	19	1.3	1.5	10	8	12	40	45	38
3	1	Coventry	29	11	18	2.1	1.1	17	7	5	62	33	58
4	12	Southampton	30	12	18	1.4	1.4	10	10	10	43	41	40
5	13	QPR	29	11	18	1.4	1.4	11	7	11	40	42	40
6	2	Middlesbrough	29	13	16	1.6	1.0	16	7	6	46	29	55
7	17	Sheffield United	28	12	16	1.4	1.5	11	2	15	39	41	35
8	24	Sheffield Weds	29	13	16	0.6	2.0	1	8	20	18	57	11
9	3	Ipswich	28	13	15	1.7	1.0	14	8	6	48	27	50
10	7	Derby	30	15	15	1.5	1.2	12	9	9	44	37	45
11	19	Norwich	29	14	15	1.3	1.4	9	6	14	37	41	33
12	20	West Brom	29	14	15	1.1	1.5	9	5	15	32	44	32
13	5	Millwall	29	15	14	1.2	1.2	14	7	8	36	35	49
14	8	Watford	28	14	14	1.4	1.2	11	10	7	39	33	43
15	14	Birmingham	29	15	14	1.3	1.3	10	9	10	39	38	39
16	16	Swansea	29	15	14	1.1	1.3	10	6	13	32	37	36
17	23	Oxford	28	14	14	1.0	1.3	6	9	13	27	36	27
18	6	Wrexham	30	17	13	1.5	1.2	12	11	7	44	37	47
19	9	Bristol City	30	17	13	1.3	1.2	12	7	11	40	36	43
20	10	Preston	29	16	13	1.2	1.1	11	10	8	36	33	43
21	11	Stoke	30	18	12	1.1	0.9	12	6	12	34	28	42
22	18	Charlton	29	17	12	1.0	1.3	9	8	12	29	38	35
23	22	Blackburn	28	16	12	0.9	1.3	7	8	13	26	37	29
24	21	Portsmouth	27	16	11	0.9	1.4	7	9	11	24	37	30

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	QPR	14	3	11	1.9	1.4	7	2	5	26	20	23
2	3	Ipswich	15	6	9	1.9	0.7	10	4	1	29	11	34
3	1	Coventry	14	6	8	2.2	0.8	11	2	1	31	11	35
4	2	Middlesbrough	14	6	8	1.7	0.8	9	3	2	24	11	30
5	4	Hull	14	6	8	1.5	1.4	8	2	4	21	20	26
6	5	Millwall	15	7	8	1.4	1.1	9	2	4	21	17	29
7	6	Wrexham	15	7	8	1.7	1.5	6	6	3	26	22	24
8	8	Watford	15	7	8	1.6	1.0	8	5	2	24	15	29
9	9	Bristol City	16	8	8	1.6	1.2	7	3	6	25	20	24
10	15	Leicester	15	7	8	1.3	1.3	6	4	5	20	19	22
11	17	Sheffield United	13	5	8	1.6	1.1	6	2	5	21	14	20
12	24	Sheffield Weds	16	8	8	0.4	2.1	0	4	12	7	33	4
13	10	Preston	15	8	7	1.3	1.1	6	5	4	19	16	23
14	11	Stoke	15	8	7	1.3	0.9	6	3	6	19	14	21
15	12	Southampton	14	7	7	1.4	0.9	6	5	3	19	13	23
16	14	Birmingham	14	7	7	2.0	1.0	7	6	1	28	14	27
17	16	Swansea	15	8	7	1.3	1.2	7	4	4	20	18	25
18	19	Norwich	14	7	7	1.0	1.4	4	1	9	14	20	13
19	20	West Brom	14	7	7	1.3	1.4	6	4	4	18	19	22
20	23	Oxford	14	7	7	0.9	1.2	3	6	5	13	17	15
21	21	Portsmouth	14	8	6	1.1	1.1	5	4	5	15	15	19
22	22	Blackburn	14	8	6	1.0	1.5	2	5	7	14	21	11
23	7	Derby	15	10	5	1.2	1.4	4	6	5	18	21	18
24	18	Charlton	13	8	5	1.2	1.1	6	3	4	15	14	21

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Hull	14	3	11	1.9	1.4	7	3	4	26	20	24
2	12	Southampton	16	5	11	1.5	1.8	4	5	7	24	28	17
3	15	Leicester	15	4	11	1.3	1.7	4	4	7	20	26	16
4	1	Coventry	15	5	10	2.1	1.5	6	5	4	31	22	23
5	7	Derby	15	5	10	1.7	1.1	8	3	4	26	16	27
6	2	Middlesbrough	15	7	8	1.5	1.2	7	4	4	22	18	25
7	17	Sheffield United	15	7	8	1.2	1.8	5	0	10	18	27	15
8	19	Norwich	15	7	8	1.5	1.4	5	5	5	23	21	20
9	20	West Brom	15	7	8	0.9	1.7	3	1	11	14	25	10
10	24	Sheffield Weds	13	5	8	0.8	1.8	1	4	8	11	24	7
11	13	QPR	15	8	7	0.9	1.5	4	5	6	14	22	17
12	14	Birmingham	15	8	7	0.7	1.6	3	3	9	11	24	12
13	16	Swansea	14	7	7	0.9	1.4	3	2	9	12	19	11
14	18	Charlton	16	9	7	0.9	1.5	3	5	8	14	24	14
15	23	Oxford	14	7	7	1.0	1.4	3	3	8	14	19	12
16	3	Ipswich	13	7	6	1.5	1.2	4	4	5	19	16	16
17	5	Millwall	14	8	6	1.1	1.3	5	5	4	15	18	20
18	8	Watford	13	7	6	1.2	1.4	3	5	5	15	18	14
19	10	Preston	14	8	6	1.2	1.2	5	5	4	17	17	20
20	22	Blackburn	14	8	6	0.9	1.1	5	3	6	12	16	18
21	6	Wrexham	15	10	5	1.2	1.0	6	5	4	18	15	23
22	9	Bristol City	14	9	5	1.1	1.1	5	4	5	15	16	19
23	11	Stoke	15	10	5	1.0	0.9	6	3	6	15	14	21
24	21	Portsmouth	13	8	5	0.7	1.7	2	5	6	9	22	11

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.