Overview
- Middlesbrough beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at the Riverside on Saturday when Will Lankshear headed home from a Tommy Conway cross to decide the game.
- The match was Middlesbrough's official 150th‑anniversary fixture and was played before a sell‑out crowd that helped lift the home side.
- The victory moved Boro into the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion places, climbing to second in the table and narrowing the gap to the leaders.
- Wolves suffered their second league defeat of the season after struggling to convert late pressure into clear chances and hitting the bar late on.
- Rodrigo Gomes was forced off early in the second half and Rafiki Said made his long‑awaited debut, underscoring Wolves' ongoing fitness and squad‑availability issues that require quick attention.