Hull City vs Middlesbrough LIVE: Championship play-off final stats & head-to-head

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While Hull have fond reminiscences taking part in underneath the arch, Middlesbrough have but to win at Wembley, outdated or new, however the excellent news is they’re a minimum of not taking part in Chelsea this afternoon.

They misplaced the Zenith Data Systems Cup final 1-0 to the Blues at Wembley in 1990 and drew the 1997 League Cup final in opposition to Leicester 1-1 – Fabrizio Ravanelli scoring the membership’s solely Wembley purpose – happening to lose the replay at Hillsborough earlier than one other defeat to Chelsea within the FA Cup final the next month.

Chelsea beat Boro by the identical 2-0 scoreline within the 1998 League Cup final – so no third time fortunate – and the Teesiders have been additionally on the top of a 2-0 defeat by Norwich within the 2015 Championship play-off final.

Their total play-off document shouldn’t be significantly better: Boro went out to Coventry within the semi-finals underneath Michael Carrick in 2023, drawing 0-0 on the CBS Arena earlier than Gus Hamer settled the second leg on the Riverside.

In 2018 Boro went out in opposition to Aston Villa, dropping 1-0 at residence underneath Tony Pulis earlier than a stalemate at Villa Park within the second leg, with Middlesbrough failing to register a shot on track in both sport.

Boro had made the 2015 final underneath Aitor Karanka with a thumping 5-1 semi-final win over Brentford however got here unstuck within the final in opposition to the Canaries, happening 2-0 to 2 early objectives in opposition to a aspect that they had overwhelmed by a mixed rating of 5-0 throughout their two regular-season conferences.

Boro’s solely play-off success got here in 1988 after they saw-off Chelsea – who had completed fourth-bottom of the highest flight – 2-1 over two legs having overwhelmed Bradford City 3-2 on mixture within the semi-final.