| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough W | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 7-4 |
| Burnley W | 15 | W7 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15/15 | 12-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2022-01-09 – 2025-08-17) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-17 | Burnley W | 5-0 | Middlesbrough W |
| 2022-05-08 | Burnley W | 6-1 | Middlesbrough W |
| 2022-01-09 | Middlesbrough W | 1-3 | Burnley W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough W | 5 | 22 | 31 | -1 | WDDWD | 3 | +2 |
| Burnley W | 1 | 22 | 62 | 58 | WWWWW | 1 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2025-12-07
Burnley W, 1st with 62 points, sat 31 points above Middlesbrough W (5th, 31). Scoring rates set the scale: Middlesbrough W 1.32 scored and 1.36 conceded per game, Burnley W 2.86 and 0.23, with the league averaging 1.55.
Momentum sat with Burnley W, winners of their last seven, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Middlesbrough W had taken 8 of 15 points to Burnley W's 15.
On the scoreboard, Burnley W led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
