Middlesbrough and Millwall carry their Championship clash go Riverside Stadium on Tuesday, 15 September. Kick-off na 14:45. Boro coach Kim Hellberg don talk say him side make very strong start to season before the match. Saturday 4-3 win against Norwich City lift Boro go fourth for Championship table. If dem beat Millwall on Tuesday, Boro go climb top of league.
Hellberg tell BBC Radio Tees say, I think in general it been very, very strong start. So many new players, we lost so many players wey play every game for me last season. A lot of them come in late. The group of players get brilliant start, and now na about getting more points on board in the two games we get left before three-week break.
For first half at Riverside, Millwall do a number on Middlesbrough. Tairyk Arconte score first. Lyndon Dykes add second with close-range finish shortly before break. Na fourth goal of season for Dykes, and e don score fourth in as many games. Boro get 82% possession, but main stat na score. Millwall lead, and Lions dey roar. Boro need answer.
Kim Hellberg make three changes at break. Tommy Conway, Seb Berhalter and Neto Borges come off. Jeremy Sarmiento, Kyle Joseph and Max Arfsten enter. Boro look like completely different side in second half, and dem dey build with urgency since break. Fans back in it. The comeback could be on.
Amario Cozier-Duberry pull one back for Boro. Deep corner headed goalwards by Ashley Phillips, ball break kindly to Cozier-Duberry, him low volley from 15 yards flick off Derek Mazou-Sacko and wrong-foot Max Crocombe to sneak inside right post. Two in two for the Brighton loanee. This one na very much game on.
Millwall still dangerous on break. Tairyk Arconte latch onto clearance, only for Jeremy Sarmiento to rob am as he chase back. Kyle Joseph get head on deep free-kick from Max Arfsten, and Max Crocombe fly to him right to palm ball past angle of post and bar. These subs don make big difference. Another curling cross evade everyone and drift past upright.
For Bristol City against Lincoln City, Rob Dickie awful backpass never go reach Sam Tickle. Ben House intercept am, and Freddie Draper apply finishing touch for him second goal in two games. Terrible from Bristol City perspective. Something to hold onto for Lincoln City. Bristol City don beat Portsmouth in last game at Ashton Gate, and dem hope to win two in row at home first time in 2026. Lincoln City no lose midweek league game since January 2025.
Middlesbrough continue to pour forward. Max Arfsten cross into middle need Jake Cooper to deal with am, while another deep cross bound for Jeremy Sarmiento get flicked behind for corner. Amario Cozier-Duberry cut inside onto him left peg after collecting Jeremy Sarmiento pass and fire swerving 20-yard shot wey Max Crocombe beat away as he fall to him left. Fast start from Boro after break, as you expect, but Millwall pinch possession for their own half and Mark Sykes touch let am down as Jenson Metcalfe ping am to him on right of area. Might have been good chance to make am 3-0 on break.
