Derby County 1-0 Middlesbrough — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 1 Jan 2026

📅01/01/2026 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
35%
2.8
Draw
27%
3.18
Away
38%
2.35
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
55%
1.68
Over 2.5
45%
2.07
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.85
No
48%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
31%
2.7
2-3 Goals
39%
1.76
4-5 Goals
20%
4.17
6+ Goals
10%
20.45
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
4.55
1/2
11%
29.5
1/X
8%
14.1
X/1
11%
6.11
X/2
14%
5.14
X/X
14%
4.25
2/1
8%
34.5
2/2
12%
3.49
2/X
5%
13.75
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
35%
Home Win
32%
+2.5pp
27%
Draw
28%
-1.2pp
38%
Away Win
39%
-1.4pp
55%
Under 2.5
56%
-0.4pp
45%
Over 2.5
44%
+0.4pp
52%
BTTS Yes
50%
+1.9pp
48%
BTTS No
50%
-2.0pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Derby County EU Bookmakers 36%
Head to Head
AWAY Middlesbrough EU Bookmakers 43%
-4% / -7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -16%
1.30/1.15 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.36/1.04
+0% / -9% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +6% / -7%
47% Ball Possession 53%
13 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
291 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 349 · 77%
21.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 24.8
21.6 Crosses 17.5
2.1 Yellow Cards 1.7
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Derby County
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Middlesbrough
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
0.68 xG 1.25
40% Ball Possession 60%
6 Total Shots 15
2 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
212 Passes 377
68% Pass Accuracy 80%
12 Box Touches 25
14 Crosses 21
2 Yellow Cards 2
29.11.2025 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 2-1 HT 0-1 Derby County Derby County İNCL
01.03.2025 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-0 HT 0-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
17.08.2024 Derby County Derby County 1-0 HT 1-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
12.02.2022 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4-1 HT 3-1 Derby County Derby County İNCL
21.08.2021 Derby County Derby County 0-0 HT 0-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
13.02.2021 Derby County Derby County 2-1 HT 2-1 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Derby County
1-0
AWAY Middlesbrough
1.16 xG 1.33
31% Ball Possession 69%
7 Total Shots 19
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 9
177 Passes 466
73% Pass Accuracy 88%
10 Box Touches 23
8 Crosses 25
2 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Derby County vs Middlesbrough
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Derby County edged past Middlesbrough 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match split (35% / 27% / 38%) promised a tight game; Derby County found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Derby County had 31% of the ball to Middlesbrough's 69%, shots finished 7-19, expected goals 1.16 to 1.33.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Middlesbrough led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Derby County and 1.33 for Middlesbrough.

What was the final score of Derby County vs Middlesbrough?

Derby County 1-0 Middlesbrough in the England - Championship on 01/01/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Derby County vs Middlesbrough?

Before kick-off our model rated an Middlesbrough win the most likely single outcome at about 38%, with the full match-result split Derby County 35%, draw 27%, Middlesbrough 38%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5 — while Match Result (Middlesbrough), BTTS Yes went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Middlesbrough) ✓ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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