4

FT

2

Everton

W7 D7 L5

EVE

Hignett 22'

Blackmore 37'

Paulista 58'

Paulista 74'

Unsworth 31' (PK)

Ferguson 45'

Thu 26 Dec 1996

Timeline

MID MID
EVE EVE
22'
31'
37'
45'
half time
58'
74'
full time

Lineups

MID MID
EVE EVE

10

Juninho Paulista

17

Clayton Blackmore

21

Craig Hignett

4

David Unsworth

9

Duncan Ferguson

substitutes

Stats

MID MID
EVE EVE

1

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

Summary

Middlesbrough defeated Everton, 4 to 2, in the Premier League on December 26, 1996.

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

Team W D L GD PTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
5
1
1
11
16
2
Liverpool Liverpool
5
0
2
4
15
3
Tottenham Tottenham
4
2
1
8
14
4
Bournemouth Bournemouth
4
2
1
3
14
5
Man City Man City
4
1
2
9
13
6
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
3
3
1
4
12
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
7
0
1
10
21
2
Barcelona Barcelona
6
1
1
13
19
3
Villarreal Villarreal
5
1
2
6
16
4
Real Betis Real Betis
4
3
1
5
15
5
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
3
4
1
5
13
6
Sevilla Sevilla
4
1
3
4
13
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
2
0
0
6
6
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
2
0
0
6
6
3
PSG PSG
2
0
0
5
6
4
Inter Inter
2
0
0
5
6
5
Arsenal Arsenal
2
0
0
4
6
6
Qarabag Qarabag
2
0
0
3
6
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
6
0
0
22
18
2
Dortmund Dortmund
4
2
0
8
14
3
Leipzig Leipzig
4
1
1
0
13
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
4
0
2
2
12
5
Leverkusen Leverkusen
3
2
1
4
11
6
Köln Köln
3
1
2
2
10
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Napoli Napoli
5
0
1
6
15
2
Roma Roma
5
0
1
5
15
3
Milan Milan
4
1
1
6
13
4
Inter Inter
4
0
2
9
12
5
Juventus Juventus
3
3
0
4
12
6
Atalanta Atalanta
2
4
0
6
10
Team W D L GD PTS
1
PSG PSG
5
1
1
8
16
2
Marseille Marseille
5
0
2
10
15
3
Strasbourg Strasbourg
5
0
2
7
15
4
Lyon Lyon
5
0
2
4
15
5
Monaco Monaco
4
1
2
4
13
6
Lens Lens
4
1
2
4
13

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
9/11
SGE SGE
@
B04 B04
1-3
Thu
9/11
ELC ELC
@
SEV SEV
2-2
Fri
9/12
NFO NFO
@
ARS ARS
0-3
Fri
9/12
OVI OVI
@
GET GET
0-2
Fri
9/12
PAR PAR
@
CAG CAG
0-2

Fixtures

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
10/17
BMG BMG
@
UNB UNB
2:30 PM
Fri
10/17
RCS RCS
@
PSG PSG
2:45 PM
Fri
10/17
ESP ESP
@
OVI OVI
3:00 PM
Sat
10/18
CHE CHE
@
NFO NFO
7:30 AM
Sat
10/18
MLL MLL
@
SEV SEV
8:00 AM