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Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough meet in League Cup — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
League Cup · England · 08.09.2026 · kick-off 18:45 UTC
How Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Crystal Palace:
Date Event Score 28.08.2026 Crystal Palace vs Manchester City 1 - 4 22.08.2026 Everton vs Crystal Palace 2 - 0 15.08.2026 SC Freiburg vs Crystal Palace 2 - 0
Middlesbrough:
Date Event Score 02.09.2026 Burnley vs Middlesbrough 1 - 1 29.08.2026 Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion 3 - 1 25.08.2026 Doncaster Rovers vs Middlesbrough 1 - 3
When Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 31.10.2018 Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace 1 - 0 31.10.2018 Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace 1 - 0 25.02.2017 Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough 3 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Crystal Palace — 22
Middlesbrough — 26
Goals conceded so far:
Crystal Palace — 28
Middlesbrough — 17
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
