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Match report · Championship

Birmingham City 1:3 Middlesbrough

Birmingham City Home 0.61 xG · 11 shots
Middlesbrough Away 1.07 xG · 10 shots
13 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 13' Matt Targett Middlesbrough · 0.54 xG chance 0–1
  2. 26' Matt Targett Middlesbrough · 0.21 xG chance 0–2
  3. 48' Marvin Ducksch Birmingham City · 0.13 xG chance 1–2
  4. 60' David Strelec Middlesbrough · 0.15 xG chance 1–3

The shots behind it

Birmingham City Middlesbrough
Shots
11
10
On target
7
3
Inside the box
5
8
xG per shot
0.05
0.11
Open play xG
0.51
1.00
Set-piece xG
0.07
0.07
Penalties
—
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.61 for Birmingham City and 1.08 for Middlesbrough.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Middlesbrough · Matt Targett · 13' · Goal · 14 m · 0.54 xG Middlesbrough · Matt Targett · 26' · Goal · 10 m · 0.21 xG Middlesbrough · David Strelec · 60' · Goal · 10 m · 0.15 xG Birmingham City · Marvin Ducksch · 42' · No goal · 16 m · 0.14 xG Birmingham City · Marvin Ducksch · 48' · Goal · 14 m · 0.13 xG Birmingham City · Demarai Gray · 10' · No goal · 13 m · 0.08 xG Birmingham City · Patrick Roberts · 12' · No goal · 19 m · 0.07 xG Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 8' · No goal · 14 m · 0.05 xG Birmingham City · Tommy Doyle · 85' · No goal · 38 m · 0.04 xG Birmingham City · Marvin Ducksch · 54' · No goal · 25 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Adilson Malanda · 59' · No goal · 13 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Aidan Morris · 67' · No goal · 16 m · 0.03 xG Birmingham City · Christoph Klarer · 43' · No goal · 3 m · 0.03 xG Birmingham City · Kai Wagner · 47' · No goal · 21 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 32' · No goal · 11 m · 0.02 xG Birmingham City · Tommy Doyle · 89' · No goal · 19 m · 0.02 xG Birmingham City · Tommy Doyle · 3' · No goal · 25 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 21' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 34' · No goal · 15 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Aidan Morris · 22' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG Birmingham City · Christoph Klarer · 82' · No goal · 5 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

21 shots · 1.65 xG

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  • Birmingham City
  • Middlesbrough
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match
Birmingham City

1.20 xG created 0.70 xGA

  • D 1.87 created, 0.33 conceded against Stoke City
  • W 0.80 created, 0.46 conceded against Oxford United
  • W 1.84 created, 0.38 conceded against Leicester City
  • D 1.27 created, 0.44 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
  • W 1.32 created, 1.40 conceded against Norwich City
  • L 0.12 created, 1.21 conceded against Millwall
Middlesbrough

1.54 xG created 0.89 xGA

  • W 2.83 created, 0.40 conceded against Preston North End
  • W 0.43 created, 0.53 conceded against Norwich City
  • W 1.44 created, 0.88 conceded against Sheffield United
  • L 1.17 created, 1.79 conceded against Coventry City
  • D 2.15 created, 0.82 conceded against Oxford United
  • D 1.19 created, 0.89 conceded against Leicester City

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Birmingham City: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Model details

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The model never priced this match before kick-off, so there is no projection to read the result against.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.