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Match report · Championship

Middlesbrough 4:0 Southampton

Middlesbrough Home 2.27 xG · 22 shots
Southampton Away 1.12 xG · 16 shots
40 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 54' Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough · 0.38 xG chance 1–0
  2. 61' Samuel Silvera Middlesbrough · 0.11 xG chance 2–0
  3. 66' Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough · 0.34 xG chance 3–0
  4. 76' Alan Browne Middlesbrough · 0.58 xG chance 4–0

The shots behind it

Middlesbrough Southampton
Shots
22
16
On target
5
5
Inside the box
14
11
xG per shot
0.11
0.08
Open play xG
1.14
1.04
Set-piece xG
1.19
0.18
Penalties
—
—
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: 2.31 for Middlesbrough and 1.24 for Southampton.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Middlesbrough · Alan Browne · 76' · Goal · 4 m · 0.58 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 54' · Goal · 4 m · 0.38 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 66' · Goal · 8 m · 0.34 xG Middlesbrough · Micah Hamilton · 90' · No goal · 4 m · 0.29 xG Southampton · Tom Fellows · 43' · No goal · 13 m · 0.27 xG Southampton · Flynn Downes · 34' · No goal · 16 m · 0.16 xG Southampton · Adam Armstrong · 48' · No goal · 9 m · 0.14 xG Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 88' · No goal · 9 m · 0.13 xG Southampton · Adam Armstrong · 37' · No goal · 12 m · 0.12 xG Middlesbrough · Samuel Silvera · 61' · Goal · 7 m · 0.11 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 11' · No goal · 15 m · 0.09 xG Southampton · Taylor Harwood-Bellis · 79' · No goal · 8 m · 0.09 xG Southampton · Finn Azaz · 48' · No goal · 17 m · 0.08 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 32' · No goal · 14 m · 0.08 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 76' · No goal · 11 m · 0.06 xG Southampton · Adam Armstrong · 13' · No goal · 14 m · 0.05 xG Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 59' · No goal · 13 m · 0.04 xG Southampton · Finn Azaz · 34' · No goal · 16 m · 0.04 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 24' · No goal · 22 m · 0.04 xG Southampton · Finn Azaz · 29' · No goal · 25 m · 0.04 xG Southampton · Tom Fellows · 36' · No goal · 6 m · 0.04 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 75' · No goal · 8 m · 0.04 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 84' · No goal · 28 m · 0.03 xG Southampton · Joshua Quarshie · 37' · No goal · 15 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 39' · No goal · 21 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Luke Ayling · 52' · No goal · 8 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Delano Burgzorg · 47' · No goal · 4 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Aidan Morris · 39' · No goal · 23 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 69' · No goal · 12 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Luke Ayling · 6' · No goal · 28 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Samuel Silvera · 9' · No goal · 23 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 23' · No goal · 17 m · 0.02 xG Southampton · Finn Azaz · 26' · No goal · 24 m · 0.02 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 79' · No goal · 21 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Hayden Hackney · 20' · No goal · 20 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Aidan Morris · 9' · No goal · 10 m · 0.01 xG Southampton · Leo Scienza · 90' · No goal · 11 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Matt Targett · 9' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

38 shots · 3.55 xG

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

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Last 6 · xG per match
Middlesbrough

1.46 xG created 0.87 xGA

  • W 0.72 created, 0.26 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • W 2.29 created, 1.30 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
  • L 2.18 created, 0.90 conceded against Bristol City
  • D 0.75 created, 1.23 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • L 1.47 created, 0.29 conceded against Hull City
  • L 1.32 created, 1.22 conceded against Derby County
Southampton

1.36 xG created 1.21 xGA

  • W 0.97 created, 1.34 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
  • L 2.12 created, 1.33 conceded against Norwich City
  • D 1.32 created, 0.48 conceded against Coventry City
  • L 1.44 created, 0.91 conceded against Oxford United
  • D 1.36 created, 1.70 conceded against Birmingham City
  • D 0.96 created, 1.49 conceded against Millwall

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

Head to head

Middlesbrough: 0 won · 1 drawn · 0 lost

Model details

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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.