Middlesbrough vs Hull City Prediction and Betting Tips | December 29th 2025

Middlesbrough will host Hull City at the Riverside on Monday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The two teams have had a remarkable first half of the season and will be keen to get results to keep their places in the promotion playoffs qualification spots.

Middlesbrough have dropped points in back-to-back games, suffering a 2-0 loss to Bristol City before being held to a goalless draw by Blackburn on Boxing Day and will be desperate to return to winning ways in the coming fixtures to avoid slipping from second place.

Boro finished last season four points short of the top six but have put together a much stronger campaign so far, securing 12 wins from 23 league outings, although they will need to improve significantly to catch league leaders Coventry City.

Hull City sit just two places and five points behind the hosts, having recorded 11 wins and five draws this season, making them strong contenders for promotion by season's end. The Tigers were frustrated to settle for only a point in a 2-2 draw during their visit to bottom-placed Sheffield Wednesday last time out and will be eager to return to winning ways to avoid falling out of the top six by the end of this matchday.

Middlesbrough vs Hull City Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have met on 77 previous occasions going into Monday's fixture. Middlesbrough have won 35 of those games, and 20 have ended in draws while Hull have won the remaining 22.
• The hosts are unbeaten in each of the last four editions of this fixture and have scored an impressive 17 goals across the last seven.
• The visitors have only failed to get on the scoresheet in two of the last 15 editions of this fixture.
• Hull have the second-best offensive record in the English second tier this season with 39 goals scored across 23 games played.

Middlesbrough vs Hull City Prediction

Boro are favorites going into Monday's game thanks to their impressive home record, having only lost once at home in the league this season.

The Tigers will be optimistic about earning a point when they travel to the Riverside but will need to be at their best to achieve that against a team with a far superior defensive record.

Prediction: Middlesbrough 2-1 Hull City

Middlesbrough vs Hull City Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Middlesbrough to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Five of the hosts' last seven games have featured more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in eight of the hosts' last 10 games)

Edited by Peter P