Middlesbrough storm into a 3-0 lead inside 30 minutes only for Sheffield Wednesday to stage a second-half comeback to claim a point.

Sheffield Wednesday roared back after going 3-0 down by half-time to earn an unlikely 3-3 Championship draw at 10-man Middlesbrough.

Live updates and analysis from Middlesbrough's clash with Sheffield Wednesday including build-up, team news and then match action

The pick of the stats as Middlesbrough take on Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship on Boxing Day.

That is in no small part down to their impressive away record, with only four sides bettering the Owls' tally of 16 points in 10 league matches on the road, most recently visiting Oxford United and returning to winning ways with a 3-1 triumph as Josh Windass drew them level and Jamal Lowe and Djeidi Gassama netted second-half goals.

Within 16 minutes of the restart, Boro went from 3-0 up to being pegged back to 3-3 while also falling to 10 men after Rav van den Berg's red card and losing goalkeeper Sol Brynn to injury. It was an implosion in the extreme.

Two sides in the race for a playoff finish will battle as Middlesbrough welcome Sheffield Wednesday to the Riverside Stadium on Thursday. The hosts already occupy the last playoff spot with three points over the visitors.

Follow live coverage as Middlesbrough face Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.