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Saturday, 21/11/2026 at 16:00

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Match preview · Championship

Middlesbrough – Bristol City

Middlesbrough 3rd in Championship Home 1.94 projected goals by the model
Bristol City 16th in Championship Away 0.88 projected goals by the model

Model updated 21 October, 18:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.94 0.88
Middlesbrough Bristol City
Middlesbrough
62%
Draw
25%
Bristol City
13%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Middlesbrough Draw Bristol City
Fair odds 1.61 4.08 7.43
Total goals
2.82
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
55%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Middlesbrough

62% Middlesbrough to win

Attack
1st vs 12th
Middlesbrough attack v Bristol City defence
Defence
2nd vs 17th
Middlesbrough defence v Bristol City attack
Recent xG form
+0.87 vs +0.53
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.94 – 0.88
Middlesbrough v Bristol City
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Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Middlesbrough and Bristol City compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Middlesbrough Bristol City
xG / match (better) 1.98 · 2nd 1.32 · 13th
xGA / match (better) 1.02 · 2nd 1.35 · 10th
xGD / match (better) +0.96 · 2nd -0.03 · 11th
xPts / match (better) 2.03 · 1st 1.44 · 11th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.86 +0.53

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

Middlesbrough clean sheet
39%
Middlesbrough 2+ goals
60%
Under 2.5 goals
45%
Both teams to score: no
45%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
12.5%
2:1
11.7%
2:0
11.4%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Middlesbrough sample
20 matches
Bristol City sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Middlesbrough
6 matches
Away xG sample · Bristol City
5 matches
Computed
Wednesday, 21/10/2026 at 18:30

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.