Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough
EFL Cup · 2026 · Round of 32
EFL Cup · 2026 · Round of 32
Selhurst Park, LondonCapacity 26,309
The Squad
Players with recorded minutes for each club in the most recent season we hold, most minutes first. It is who has played for them, not a prediction of this line-up.
Crystal Palace2025
- Maxence Lacroix270'
- Walter Benítez270'
- Yéremy Pino247'
- Marc Guéhi241'
- Jaydee Canvot226'
- Daichi Kamada180'
- J. Mateta180'
- Will Hughes164'
- Daniel Muñoz164'
- B. Sosa154'
- Tyrick Mitchell101'
- J. Devenny92'
- Eddie Nketiah92'
- Jefferson Lerma90'
- Adam Wharton90'
- Chris Richards75'
- C. Uche71'
- I. Sarr62'
- R. Esse46'
- N. Clyne45'
- Rio Cardines16'
- Dean Henderson0'
- Kaden Rodney0'
- J. Drakes-Thomas0'
Middlesbrough2026
- Neto Borges180'
- Luke Ayling180'
- Morgan Whittaker174'
- Jeremy Sarmiento157'
- Myles Peart-Harris90'
The Squad
The eleven each club started in its most recent match we hold a team sheet for. It is what they last did, not a prediction of this line-up.
Crystal Palace
Formation 3-4-2-1
Middlesbrough
Formation 4-4-2
Line-ups
Line-ups are collected about an hour before kickoff. We do not have them for this match yet.
From the archive
- They have not met for 7 years in the record we hold.
- Crystal Palace have taken 4 points from their last 6.
Recent form
Crystal Palace
- 28 Aug 2026
home to Manchester City1-4L - 22 Aug 2026
away to Everton0-2L - 27 May 2026
home to Rayo Vallecano1-0W - 24 May 2026
home to Arsenal1-2L - 17 May 2026
away to Brentford2-2D
Middlesbrough
- 25 Aug 2026
away to Doncaster3-1W - 22 Aug 2026
away to Blackburn1-2L - 15 Aug 2026
home to Lincoln2-1W - 7 Aug 2026
home to Wrexham1-0W - 23 May 2026
away to Hull City0-1L
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Crystal Palace
- 4
- Drawn
- 1
- Middlesbrough
- 3
The record over the 8 meetings listed below.
- MiddlesbroughCrystal PalaceFTEFL Cup
- Crystal PalaceMiddlesbroughFTPremier League
- MiddlesbroughCrystal PalaceFTPremier League
- Crystal PalaceMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughCrystal PalaceFTChampionship
- MiddlesbroughCrystal PalaceFTChampionship
- Crystal PalaceMiddlesbroughFTEFL Cup
- Crystal PalaceMiddlesbroughFTChampionship
Crystal Palace play Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup on Tuesday 8 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.