2019–20_Middlesbrough_F.C._season

2019–20 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 season was Middlesbrough's third consecutive season in the Championship in their 144th year in existence, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.^[1] The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 20 July 2020.

Quick Facts Chairman, Manager ...

Middlesbrough

2019–20 season

Chairman

Steve Gibson

Manager

Jonathan Woodgate
(until 23 June 2020)
Neil Warnock
(from 23 June 2020)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Ashley Fletcher (11)
All: Ashley Fletcher (13)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2018–19

2020–21 →

George Friend continues as the official club captain in his first full season in the role,^[2] having previously replaced a departing Grant Leadbitter in the second half of the 2018–19 season, who left to return to Sunderland in January 2019.^[3]

This season also marked Jonathan Woodgate's first spell in charge of a professional club,^[4] who replaced an outgoing Tony Pulis, who left at the end of his contract.^[5] Woodgate was sacked as manager on 23 June 2020, with Middlesbrough only outside the Championship relegation zone on goal difference after 38 games. He was replaced with experienced manager Neil Warnock on the same day.^[6]

Squad

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No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Tomás Mejías	GK	(1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 30)	30 June 2021	Omonia
23	Darren Randolph	GK	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 32)	30 June 2021	West Ham United
42	Aynsley Pears	GK	(1998-04-23)23 April 1998 (aged 21)	30 June 2020	Academy
Defenders
2	Anfernee Dijksteel	RB	(1996-10-27)27 October 1996 (aged 22)	30 June 2022	Charlton Athletic
3	George Friend (c)	LB	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 31)	30 June 2020	Doncaster Rovers
4	Daniel Ayala	CB	(1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 28)	30 June 2020	Norwich City
5	Ryan Shotton	RB / CB	(1988-10-30)30 October 1988 (aged 30)	30 June 2020	Birmingham City
6	Dael Fry	CB / RB	(1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 21)	30 June 2021	Academy
25	Nathan Wood	CB	(2002-05-31)31 May 2002 (aged 17)	30 June 2020	Academy
27	Marc Bola	LB	(1997-12-09)9 December 1997 (aged 21)	30 June 2022	Blackpool
29	Djed Spence	RB / LB	(2000-08-09)9 August 2000 (aged 18)	30 June 2020	Fulham
33	Hayden Coulson	LB / LM	(1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 21)	30 June 2023	Academy
Midfielders
7	Marcus Tavernier	LW	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20)	30 June 2021	Academy
8	Adam Clayton	DM / CM	(1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 30)	30 June 2021	Huddersfield Town
10	Marcus Browne	AM / RW / LW	(1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 21)	30 June 2023	West Ham United
16	Jonny Howson	CM	(1988-05-21)21 May 1988 (aged 31)	30 June 2020	Norwich City
17	Paddy McNair	DM / CM	(1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 24)	30 June 2022	Sunderland
21	Marvin Johnson	LW / LB	(1990-12-01)1 December 1990 (aged 28)	30 June 2020	Oxford United
22	George Saville	CM / LW	(1993-06-01)1 June 1993 (aged 26)	30 June 2022	Millwall
26	Lewis Wing	AM / CM	(1995-05-23)23 May 1995 (aged 24)	30 June 2022	Shildon
32	Stephen Wearne	AM	(2000-12-16)16 December 2000 (aged 18)	30 June 2020	Academy
34	Connor Malley	CM	(2000-03-20)20 March 2000 (aged 19)	30 June 2022	Academy
37	Ben Liddle	DM	(1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 20)	30 June 2020	Academy
—	Patrick Roberts	RW / CF	(1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 22)	30 June 2020	Manchester City
Strikers
9	Britt Assombalonga	CF	(1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 26)	30 June 2021	Nottingham Forest
11	Ashley Fletcher	CF	(1995-10-02)2 October 1995 (aged 23)	30 June 2021	West Ham United
14	Rudy Gestede	CF	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 30)	30 June 2020	Aston Villa
36	Stephen Walker	CF	(2000-10-11)11 October 2000 (aged 18)	30 June 2023	Academy
41	Rumarn Burrell	CF	(2000-12-16)16 December 2000 (aged 18)	30 June 2022	Grimsby Town
—	Lukas Nmecha	CF / LW / RW	(1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 20)	30 June 2020	Manchester City

= Player on loan

Transfers

Transfers in

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Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Rumarn Burrell	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	Academy	^[7]
4 July 2019	GK	Tomás Mejías	Omonia	Free	First team	^[8]
26 July 2019	AM	Marcus Browne	West Ham United	Undisclosed	First team	^[9]
28 July 2019	LB	Marc Bola	Blackpool	Undisclosed	First team	^[10]
7 August 2019	RB	Anfernee Dijksteel	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	First team	^[11]
16 January 2020	GK	Dejan Stojanović	St. Gallen	Undisclosed	First team	^[12]
11 March 2020	LB	Williams Kokolo	Sunderland	Free transfer	Academy	^[13]

Transfers out

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Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF	Kieran Charlton	Free agent	Released	Academy	^[14]
1 July 2019	LM	Stewart Downing	Blackburn Rovers	Free	First team	^[15]^[16]
1 July 2019	CB	Nathan Guru	Free agent	Released	Academy	^[14]
1 July 2019	GK	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	Hartlepool United	Free	First team	^[15]
1 July 2019	GK	Andy Lonergan	Liverpool	Free	First team	^[15]^[17]
1 July 2019	CF	Gabby McGill	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed	Academy	^[18]
1 July 2019	DM	John Obi Mikel	Trabzonspor	Free	First team	^[15]^[19]
1 July 2019	CM	Alex Pattison	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	Academy	^[14]^[20]
1 July 2019	CM	Dan Ward	Free agent	Released	Academy	^[14]
17 July 2019	CB	Kian Spence	Scarborough Athletic	Free	Academy	^[21]
19 July 2019	CB	Aden Flint	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	First team	^[22]
24 July 2019	CF	Martin Braithwaite	Leganés	Undisclosed	First team	^[23]
25 July 2019	CF	Billal Brahimi	Stade de Reims	Free	Academy	^[24]
26 July 2019	CF	Luke Armstrong	Salford City	Undisclosed	Academy	^[25]
15 January 2020	GK	Darren Randolph	West Ham United	£4,000,000	First team	^[26]
31 January 2020	LB	Patrick Reading	Stevenage	Undisclosed	Academy	^[27]
27 June 2020	ST	Rudy Gestede	Free agent	Released	First team	^[28]
28 June 2020	CB	Daniel Ayala	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	ST	Mitchell Curry	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	CB	Nathan Dale	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	CB	Enes Mahmutovic	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	CM	Layton Watts	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	AM	Stephen Wearne	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	RB	Harold Essien	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]
28 June 2020	GK	Harry Flatters	Free agent	Released	First team	^[29]

Loans in

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Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Team	Ref.
2 January 2020	RW	Patrick Roberts	Manchester City	30 June 2020	First team	^[30]
3 January 2020	CF	Lukas Nmecha	Manchester City	30 June 2020	First team	^[31]
31 January 2020	AM	Ravel Morrison	Sheffield United	30 June 2020	First team	^[32]
31 January 2020	CB	Harold Moukoudi	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2020	First team	^[33]

Loans out

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Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Team	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Mitchell Curry	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	30 June 2020	Academy	^[34]
1 July 2019	CB	Enes Mahmutovic	MVV Maastricht	30 June 2020	Academy	^[35]
19 July 2019	CF	Tyrone O'Neill	Darlington	31 December 2019	Academy	^[36]
23 July 2019	GK	Bradley James	Gateshead	30 June 2020	Academy	^[37]
7 August 2019	CB	Sam Stubbs	Hamilton Academical	7 January 2020^[38]	Academy	^[39]
22 August 2019	GK	Zach Hemming	Hartlepool United	22 November 2019^[40]	Academy	^[41]
23 November 2019	GK	Zach Hemming	Blyth Spartans	30 June 2020	Academy	^[40]
7 January 2020	CB	Sam Stubbs	ADO Den Haag	30 June 2020	Academy	^[38]
9 January 2020	AM	Marcus Browne	Oxford United	30 June 2020	First team	^[42]
10 January 2020	LB	Marc Bola	Blackpool	30 June 2020	First team	^[43]
10 January 2020	CF	Mitchell Curry	Gateshead	30 June 2020	Under-23s	^[44]
31 January 2020	LW	Isaiah Jones	St Johnstone	30 June 2020	Under-23s	^[45]
31 January 2020	DM	Ben Liddle	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	^[46]
31 January 2020	CM	Connor Malley	Ayr United	30 June 2020	Under-23s	^[47]
31 January 2020	SS	Stephen Walker	Crewe Alexandra	30 June 2020	First team	^[48]

Pre-season

Boro announced their pre-season programme on 14 June 2019.^[49]

Grazer AK v Middlesbrough

5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) Friendly	Grazer AK	2–0	Middlesbrough	Bad Aussee, Austria
17:00 CEST	Rother 30' Smoljan 73'	Report		Stadium: Christof Industries Arena

Gateshead v Middlesbrough

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Friendly	Gateshead	1–3	Middlesbrough	Gateshead
19:30 BST	Thomson 48' (pen.)	Report	Howson 44' Fletcher 66' Johnson 87'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Referee: James Westgate

Hartlepool United v Middlesbrough

14 July 2019 (2019-07-14) Friendly	Hartlepool United	0–4	Middlesbrough	Hartlepool
13:00 BST		Report	Tavernier 5' Gestede 36' Flint 41' Saville 59'	Stadium: Super 6 Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Tony Harrington

Heidenheim v Middlesbrough

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Heidenheim	5–1	Middlesbrough	Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
16:00 CET	Glatzel 66', 70', 89' Beermann 74' Pusch 87'	Report	Busch 19' (o.g.)	Stadium: Voith-Arena Referee: Pascal Müller

Salford City v Middlesbrough

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Salford City	1–3	Middlesbrough	Salford
19:30 BST	Maynard 20'	Report	Assombalonga 35', 45', 66'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Referee: Paul Marsden

Middlesbrough v Saint-Étienne

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) Friendly	Middlesbrough	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Wing 69'	Report	Bouanga 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Andrew Madley

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Reading	46	15	11	20	59	58	+1	56
15	Stoke City	46	16	8	22	62	68	−6	56
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	11	20	58	66	−8	56
17	Middlesbrough	46	13	14	19	48	61	−13	53
18	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	52	70	−18	51
19	Luton Town	46	14	9	23	54	82	−28	51
20	Birmingham City	46	12	14	20	54	75	−21	50

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[50]

Results by matchday

More information Round, Ground ...

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	13	18	22	17	17	18	13	15	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	20	20	20	18	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	20	21	22	19	21	19	21	22	18	19	18	19	17

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Result summary

More information Overall, Home ...


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	14	19	48	61	−13	53	6	8	9	20	29	−9	7	6	10	28	32	−4

Last updated: 22 July 2020.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

On 20 June 2019, the forthcoming Championship fixtures were unveiled.^[51]

Luton Town v Middlesbrough

2 August 2019 (2019-08-02) 1	Luton Town	3–3	Middlesbrough	Luton
19:45 BST	Bradley 17' Cranie 24' Ruddock Mpanzu 45' Collins 49' 85'	Report	Fletcher 7' 39' Assombalonga 37' 82' Wing 61' 68'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,053 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Middlesbrough v Brentford

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Middlesbrough	0–1	Brentford	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Watkins 54' Dalsgaard 82'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,911 Referee: Stephen Martin

Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Middlesbrough	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Graham 25' (pen.) Cunningham 27' Bennett 31' Johnson 49' Travis 69' Williams 89'	Report	Dijksteel 24' Ayala 26' Wing 84'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,012 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Middlesbrough v Wigan Athletic

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Middlesbrough	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Browne 21' Assombalonga 23' Ayala 45+2'	Report	Byrne 17' Kipré 72'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,649 Referee: Keith Stroud

Middlesbrough v Millwall

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Middlesbrough	1–1	Millwall	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	McNair 70'	Report	O'Brien 10' Bradshaw 76' Leonard 89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,279 Referee: John Brooks

Bristol City v Middlesbrough

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Bristol City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Bristol
12:30 BST	Palmer 28' 44' Rowe 81'	Report	Wing 41' Moore 64' (o.g.) Assombalonga 68'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 20,757 Referee: Lee Mason
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Middlesbrough v Reading

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Middlesbrough	1–0	Reading	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Johnson 60'	Report	McIntyre 27' Boyé 44' Morrison 59'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,414 Referee: Robert Jones

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 8	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Fletcher 2' (o.g.) Ralls 87'	Report	Johnson 77' Ayala 79'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,141 Referee: Darren Bond

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 9	Middlesbrough	1–4	Sheffield Wednesday	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	McNair 19'	Report	Clayton 5' (o.g.) Iorfa 6' Reach 23' Fletcher 34' Bannan 72' Nuhiu 76' Luongo 88'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,075 Referee: James Linington

Middlesbrough v Preston North End

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) 10	Middlesbrough	1–1	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Fisher 42' (o.g.) Clayton 86' Fletcher 90+5'	Report	Harrop 40' Pearson 65' Fisher 90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 17,961 Referee: Darren England

Birmingham City v Middlesbrough

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) 11	Birmingham City	2–1	Middlesbrough	Bordesley
19:45 BST	Villalba 33' Šunjić 86' Bailey 89' 90+1'	Report	McNair 54' Dijksteel 64' Shotton 72' Ayala 87'	Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium Attendance: 19,703 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 12	Middlesbrough	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Tavernier 47' Howson 84'	Report	Austin 25' Ferguson 64' Livermore 80' Robson-Kanu 82' Hegazi 90+3'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,174 Referee: Oliver Langford

Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 13	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Middlesbrough	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Bacuna 90+7'	Report	Fry 17' McNair 39' Saville 84'	Stadium: John Smith’s Stadium Attendance: 22,839 Referee: Tony Harrington

Middlesbrough v Fulham

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	Middlesbrough	0–0	Fulham	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Tavernier 42' Coulson 45+1' McNair 87'	Report	Odoi 7' Rodák 17' Reed 72'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,101 Referee: Peter Bankes

Derby County v Middlesbrough

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 15	Derby County	2–0	Middlesbrough	Derby
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 22', 84'	Report	McNair 15' Saville 32'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,293 Referee: Darren Bond

Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough

9 November 2019 16	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Middlesbrough	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Wells 25' 45+2' Howson 44' (o.g.) Hall 53' Ball 83' Cameron 89'	Report	Assombalonga 23', 69' Fry 90+2' Randolph 90+4'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,404 Referee: David Coote

Middlesbrough v Hull City

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) 17	Middlesbrough	2–2	Hull City	Middlesbrough
12:00 GMT	Tavernier 7' Fletcher 26' Johnson 37' Clayton 55' Dijksteel 90+3'	Report	de Wijs 65' Bowen 71', 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,596 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Middlesbrough v Barnsley

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27) 18	Middlesbrough	1–0	Barnsley	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Howson 43' Fletcher 54' Wing 64' Bola 81'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,043 Referee: Oliver Langford

Leeds United v Middlesbrough

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 19	Leeds United	4–0	Middlesbrough	Beeston, Leeds
15:00 BST	Bamford 3' 22' Phillips 24' Klich 45+3', 73' Costa 67'	Report	McNair 27' Ayala 65' Howson 75'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,626 Referee: Keith Stroud

Middlesbrough v Charlton Athletic

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Middlesbrough	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Saville 1' Fletcher 88'	Report	Gallagher 54' Pratley 59' Leko 67'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,681 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) 21	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Silva 27' Yates 63' Semedo 83' Worrall 87' Robinson 90+1'	Report	Spence 24' McNair 81' Fletcher 85'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,577 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Swansea City v Middlesbrough

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 22	Swansea City	3–1	Middlesbrough	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Ayew 22' (pen.), 71' Cabango 48' Dhanda 54' Surridge 73'	Report	Saville 29' Browne 52' 63' Tavernier 59' McNair 77'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 14,625 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Middlesbrough v Stoke City

20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) 23	Middlesbrough	2–1	Stoke City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Howson 43' Fletcher 57' Wing 71' Saville 82'	Report	Ward 21' Clucas 53' 59' Smith 77' Cousins 87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,270 Referee: Oliver Langford

Middlesbrough v Huddersfield Town

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 24	Middlesbrough	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Spence 37' Howson 43' Fletcher 64' Saville 88'	Report	Bacuna 43' Grabara 77' O'Brien 82' Grant 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,313 Referee: Darren England

West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 25	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich
15.00 BST	Livermore 57' Phillips 69' Austin 72' Furlong 82'	Report	Ayala 17' Howson 48' Spence 69' Coulson 85' Fletcher 90+4'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,077 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v Middlesbrough

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 26	Preston North End	0–2	Middlesbrough	Preston
15:00 GMT		Report	Gestede 40' Fletcher 62' Clayton 64' Johnson 66'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,824 Referee: John Brooks

Middlesbrough v Derby County

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Middlesbrough	2–2	Derby County	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Wing 16' McNair 67' (pen.) Coulson 79'	Report	Clarke 39' Waghorn 44' Knight 54' Holmes 90+1'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,706 Referee: Tim Robinson

Fulham v Middlesbrough

17 January 2020 (2020-01-17) 28	Fulham	1–0	Middlesbrough	Fulham
19:45 GMT	Knockaert 6' McDonald 60'	Report	McNair 72'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,375 Referee: David Webb

Middlesbrough v Birmingham City

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) 29	Middlesbrough	1–1	Birmingham City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	McNair 23' Fletcher 81'	Report	Jutkiewicz 27' Gardner 35'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 30	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Coulson 75'	Report	Travis 58' 85' Lenihan 87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,937 Referee: Matt Donohue

Brentford v Middlesbrough

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 31	Brentford	3–2	Middlesbrough	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jeanvier 24' Mbeumo 60' Watkins 87'	Report	Wing 58' Fletcher 63' Tavernier 68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,285 Referee: Peter Bankes

Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 32	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Middlesbrough	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Morsy 29' Dunkley 38' 62' Kipré 54' Pilkington 64' Williams 69' Naismith 70' Moukoudi 76' (o.g.) Massey 90+1'	Report	Moukoudi 59' Wing 64', 68' Saville 72' Howson 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Oliver Langford

Middlesbrough v Luton Town

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	Middlesbrough	0–1	Luton Town	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Wing 90+7'	Report	Tunnicliffe 17' Cranie 38' Berry 43' Mpanzu 78' Brown 90+7'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,734 Referee: Jarred Gillet

Barnsley v Middlesbrough

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Barnsley	1–0	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Chaplin 73' Woodrow 78' Bähre 89'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,106 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Middlesbrough v Leeds United

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26) 35	Middlesbrough	0–1	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Saville 10' Moukoudi 82' Clayton 90'	Report	Klich 45+1'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,647 Referee: Gavin Ward

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

2 March 2020 (2020-03-02) 36	Middlesbrough	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Gestede 40' Wing 44' Shotton 75'	Report	Yates 29' Grabban 86'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,884 Referee: Darren England

Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Middlesbrough	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Purrington 45' Taylor 53' Matthews 63'	Report	Shotton 11' McNair 17'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 18,080 Referee: Stephen Martin

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 38	Middlesbrough	0–3	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Nmecha 45+4' Roberts 75'	Report	Brewster 18', 21' Ayew 34' (pen.) Kalulu 45+3'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[52] The match was rescheduled to 20 June.

Stoke City v Middlesbrough

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 39	Stoke City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Powell 88' 89'	Report	Fletcher 29' Tavernier 62' Wing 83'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[52] The match was rescheduled to 27 June.

Hull City v Middlesbrough

2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) 40	Hull City	2–1	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
17:00 BST	Kane 8' Wilks 45+3', 90+1'	Report	Assombalonga 4' (pen.) Tavernier 90+5'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[52] The match was rescheduled to 2 July.

Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 41	Middlesbrough	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Johnson 38' Saville 51' Assombalonga 89'	Report	Hugill 32'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Duncan
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 5 July.

Millwall v Middlesbrough

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 42	Millwall	0–2	Middlesbrough	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Cooper 86'	Report	Assombalonga 66', 68' Saville 70' Fletcher 87' (pen.) Howson 90+2'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 8 July.

Middlesbrough v Bristol City

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 43	Middlesbrough	1–3	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Johnson 54' Assombalonga 82'	Report	Wells 6', 79' Paterson 42'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 11 July.

Reading v Middlesbrough

14 July 2020 (2020-07-14) 44	Reading	1–2	Middlesbrough	Reading
20:00 BST	Pușcaș 19' Moore 33' Rinomhota 58'	Report	Fletcher 45' Roberts 82'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 14 July.

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) 45	Middlesbrough	1–3	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Saville 1' Friend 19' Howson 77' 89' Assombalonga 85'	Report	Morrison 4', 84' Murphy 47', 81' Bacuna 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 18 July.

Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 46	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Middlesbrough	Owlerton
19:30 BST	Murphy 10'	Report	McNair 22' Assombalonga 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillett
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[54]

Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Third round	Middlesbrough	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
14:01 GMT	Fletcher 50' Saville 85'	Report	Alli 45' Lucas Moura 61' Lamela 85'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,693 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) Third round replay	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Middlesbrough	Tottenham
20:05 GMT	Lo Celso 2' Lamela 15'	Report	Saville 83'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 49,202 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[55]

Middlesbrough v Crewe Alexandra

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	Middlesbrough	2–2 (2–4 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Saville 60' Fletcher 75' Bola 90+1'	Report	Porter 42' Kirk 45+1' Ng 69'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Referee: Michael Salisbury
	Penalties
	Assombalonga Fletcher McNair Browne		Porter Green Pickering Jones

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