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Wrexham vs Middlesbrough 2-0
- George Thomason70'
- Oliver Rathbone84'
- Kick-off
- Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 19:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
- Referee
- Oliver Langford
Match timeline
- 84’Goal!
WrexhamOliver RathboneAssist: Lewis O'Brien2 – 0 - 83’SubstitutionWrexhamBen Sheaf ONGeorge Dobson OFF
- 77’SubstitutionWrexhamOliver Rathbone ONGeorge Thomason OFF
- 77’Substitution
MiddlesbroughJeremy Sarmiento ONTommy Conway OFF - 72’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughDavid Strelec ONNeto Borges OFF
- 70’Goal!WrexhamGeorge ThomasonAssist: Kieffer Moore1 – 0
- 62’Yellow cardWrexhamGeorge Dobson
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughMyles Peart-Harris ONSebastian Berhalter OFF
Show 2 earlier events
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughMax Arfsten ONLuke Ayling OFF
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughRiley McGree ONKyle Joseph OFF
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
WrexhamMiddlesbrough- 38%Possession62%
- 15Shots12
- 1.49xG0.85
- 4Shots on Target2
- 3Corners2
- 9Fouls6
- 1Offsides3
- 2Saves2
- 384Passes650
- 1Yellow Cards0
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Wrexham3 - 5 - 1 - 1
- 22Patterson
- 4Cleworth
- 6Worrall
- 2Doyle
- 12Kaboré
- 15Dobson
- 8Whiteman
- 14Thomason
- 3Ekomié
- 27O'Brien
- 19Moore
Substitutions
- 77’↑20 O. Rathbone↓14 G. Thomason
- 83’↑18 B. Sheaf↓15 G. Dobson
Unused substitutes 30 Daniel Edward Peter Imray, 11 B. Cadamarteri, 5 D. Hyam, 47 R. Longman, 37 M. James, 26 Z. Vyner, 21 D. Ward
Coach P. Parkinson
Middlesbrough3 - 4 - 2 - 1
- 1Vítek
- 12Ayling
- 4Phillips
- 29Malanda
- 2Brittain
- 10Morris
- 6Berhalter
- 30Borges
- 11Cozier-Duberry
- 9Conway
- 22Joseph
Substitutions
- 60’↑14 M. Peart-Harris↓6 S. Berhalter
- 60’↑17 M. Arfsten↓12 L. Ayling
- 60’↑8 R. McGree↓22 K. Joseph
- 72’↑13 D. Strelec↓30 Neto Borges
- 77’↑16 J. Sarmiento↓9 T. Conway
Unused substitutes 18 C. Barron, 31 S. Brynn, 3 S. Byram, 19 Leo Castledine
Coach K. Hellberg
Match facts
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 14
- Date
- Wed, 4 Nov 2026
- Kick-off
- 19:45 (UTC)
- Venue
- Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
- Referee
- Oliver Langford
- Wrexham coach
- P. Parkinson
- Middlesbrough coach
- K. Hellberg
League table
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Birmingham | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +14 | 29 |
| 2 |  Middlesbrough | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +11 | 29 |
| 3 |  Stoke City | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 29 |
| 4 |  Wolves | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 28 |
| 5 |  West Brom | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 28 |
| 15 |  Wrexham | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
Player ratings
- 1
G. Thomason8.2 - 2
K. Moore7.9 - 3
O. Rathbone7.7 - 4
L. O'Brien7.7 - 5
B. Whiteman7.5 - 6
J. Worrall7.4 - 7
M. Cleworth7.2 - 8
C. Doyle7.2 - 9
B. Sheaf6.8 - 10
G. Dobson6.7 - 11
I. Kaboré6.7 - 12
A. Patterson6.4 - 13
J. Ekomié6.4 - 14
D. Ward0.0 - 15
Z. Vyner0.0 - 16
R. Longman0.0 - 17
M. James0.0 - 18
Daniel Edward Peter Imray0.0 - 19
B. Cadamarteri0.0 - 20
D. Hyam0.0
- 1
L. Ayling6.9 - 2
M. Arfsten6.9 - 3
A. Malanda6.8 - 4
S. Berhalter6.7 - 5
A. Morris6.7 - 6
C. Brittain6.6 - 7
A. Cozier-Duberry6.6 - 8
D. Strelec6.6 - 9
A. Phillips6.5 - 10
K. Joseph6.4 - 11
Neto Borges6.4 - 12
T. Conway6.3 - 13
R. Vítek6.2 - 14
M. Peart-Harris6.2 - 15
R. McGree6.1 - 16
J. Sarmiento6.0 - 17
C. Barron0.0 - 18
S. Brynn0.0 - 19
S. Byram0.0 - 20
Leo Castledine0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
G. Thomason
Wrexham
- 1
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
Rated 8.2, the best on the pitch — 1 goal in 77 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Wrexham- W-D-L
- 1-1-3
- Scored / match
- 1.2
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
Middlesbrough- W-D-L
- 4-1-0
- Scored / match
- 2.8
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- WrexhamResult0%
- Middlesbrough0%
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What happened
Match report
Wrexham beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Racecourse Ground, with second-half goals from George Thomason and substitute Oliver Rathbone deciding it. Thomason opened the scoring in the 70th minute and Rathbone sealed it in the 84th.
The first half ended 0-0.
Middlesbrough made three changes on 60 minutes and that came after a quiet spell following the break, but Wrexham struck first when George Thomason finished in the 70th minute from Kieffer Moore's assist for 1-0. Oliver Rathbone, who had come on in the 77th minute, then scored in the 84th minute from Lewis O'Brien's assist to make it 2-0.
The numbers were split. Middlesbrough had 62% of the ball, 650 passes to Wrexham's 384 and more shots, 15 to 12, but Wrexham had the better return on target, 4 to 2, and finished with the higher xG, 1.49 to 0.85. Wrexham also won 3 corners to 2 and committed 9 fouls to Middlesbrough's 6.
George Dobson was booked for Wrexham in the 62nd minute. There were no red cards.
Match record
- Competition
- EFL Championship - English Second Tier
- Round
- Matchday 14
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
- Referee
- Oliver Langford
- Match ID
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10 events
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughMyles Peart-Harris ONSebastian Berhalter OFF
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughMax Arfsten ONLuke Ayling OFF
- 60’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughRiley McGree ONKyle Joseph OFF
- 62’Yellow cardWrexhamGeorge Dobson
- 70’Goal!WrexhamGeorge ThomasonAssist: Kieffer Moore1 – 0
- 72’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughDavid Strelec ONNeto Borges OFF
- 77’SubstitutionWrexhamOliver Rathbone ONGeorge Thomason OFF
- 77’SubstitutionMiddlesbroughJeremy Sarmiento ONTommy Conway OFF
- 83’SubstitutionWrexhamBen Sheaf ONGeorge Dobson OFF
- 84’Goal!WrexhamOliver RathboneAssist: Lewis O'Brien2 – 0