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 got the win against 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
Liverpool Liverpool
5
0
1
5
15
2
Arsenal Arsenal
4
1
1
9
13
3
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
3
3
0
5
12
4
Tottenham Tottenham
3
2
1
7
11
5
Sunderland Sunderland
3
2
1
3
11
6
Bournemouth Bournemouth
3
2
1
1
11
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
6
1
0
16
19
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
6
0
1
8
18
3
Villarreal Villarreal
5
1
1
8
16
4
Elche Elche
3
4
0
4
13
5
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
3
3
1
5
12
6
Real Betis Real Betis
3
3
1
4
12
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
Inter Inter
2
0
0
5
6
4
Tottenham Tottenham
1
1
0
1
4
5
PSG PSG
1
0
0
4
3
6
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
1
0
1
3
3
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
5
0
0
19
15
2
Dortmund Dortmund
4
1
0
8
13
3
Leipzig Leipzig
4
0
1
0
12
4
Frankfurt Frankfurt
3
0
2
4
9
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
3
0
2
1
9
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
2
2
1
2
8
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Milan Milan
4
0
1
6
12
2
Napoli Napoli
4
0
1
5
12
3
Roma Roma
4
0
1
4
12
4
Juventus Juventus
3
2
0
4
11
5
Inter Inter
3
0
2
6
9
6
Atalanta Atalanta
2
3
0
6
9
Team W D L GD PTS
1
PSG PSG
5
0
1
8
15
2
Lyon Lyon
5
0
1
5
15
3
Marseille Marseille
4
0
2
7
12
4
Monaco Monaco
4
0
2
4
12
5
Strasbourg Strasbourg
4
0
2
2
12
6
Lille Lille
3
1
2
4
10

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
8/28
SAS SAS
@
CRE CRE
2-3
Thu
8/28
LEV LEV
@
ELC ELC
0-2
Thu
8/28
STP STP
@
HSV HSV
2-0
Thu
8/28
MIL MIL
@
LEC LEC
2-0
Thu
8/28
GET GET
@
VAL VAL
0-3

Fixtures

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
10/3
KOE KOE
@
TSG TSG
2:30 PM
Fri
10/3
FCL FCL
@
PFC PFC
2:45 PM
Fri
10/3
SAS SAS
@
HEL HEL
2:45 PM
Fri
10/3
FUL FUL
@
BOU BOU
3:00 PM
Fri
10/3
GET GET
@
OSA OSA
3:00 PM