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Match report · Championship

Middlesbrough 5:1 Watford

Middlesbrough Home 2.30 xG · 20 shots
Watford Away 0.85 xG · 12 shots
51 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

  1. 6' Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough · 0.03 xG chance 1–0
  2. 45' David Strelec Middlesbrough · 0.20 xG chance 2–0
  3. 48' James Abankwah Watford · 0.14 xG chance 2–1
  4. 58' Morgan Whittaker Middlesbrough · 0.26 xG chance 3–1
  5. 75' Tommy Conway (pen.) Middlesbrough · 0.82 xG chance 4–1
  6. 90' Tommy Conway Middlesbrough · 0.23 xG chance 5–1

The shots behind it

Middlesbrough Watford
Shots
20
12
On target
9
3
Inside the box
9
6
xG per shot
0.11
0.06
Open play xG
1.23
0.61
Set-piece xG
0.21
0.16
Penalties
1
0
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: 1.43 for Middlesbrough and 0.76 for Watford.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 75' · Goal · 12 m · 0.82 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 58' · Goal · 4 m · 0.26 xG Middlesbrough · David Strelec · 61' · No goal · 4 m · 0.24 xG Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 90' · Goal · 14 m · 0.23 xG Middlesbrough · David Strelec · 45' · Goal · 4 m · 0.20 xG Watford · Luca Kjerrumgaard · 9' · No goal · 9 m · 0.19 xG Watford · James Abankwah · 48' · Goal · 5 m · 0.14 xG Watford · Imrân Louza · 28' · No goal · 22 m · 0.11 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 58' · No goal · 10 m · 0.11 xG Middlesbrough · Tommy Conway · 73' · No goal · 15 m · 0.08 xG Watford · Luca Kjerrumgaard · 18' · No goal · 9 m · 0.06 xG Watford · Luca Kjerrumgaard · 33' · No goal · 15 m · 0.06 xG Watford · James Abankwah · 70' · No goal · 8 m · 0.05 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 8' · No goal · 20 m · 0.05 xG Middlesbrough · Alexander Gilbert · 53' · No goal · 17 m · 0.05 xG Middlesbrough · Sontje Hansen · 51' · No goal · 12 m · 0.04 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 56' · No goal · 10 m · 0.04 xG Middlesbrough · Leo Castledine · 77' · No goal · 24 m · 0.04 xG Middlesbrough · Sontje Hansen · 26' · No goal · 26 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 80' · No goal · 21 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Imrân Louza · 20' · No goal · 25 m · 0.03 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 6' · Goal · 30 m · 0.03 xG Watford · Imrân Louza · 80' · No goal · 26 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Alexander Gilbert · 5' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Leo Castledine · 71' · No goal · 21 m · 0.02 xG Watford · Marc Bola · 21' · No goal · 15 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Luke Ayling · 40' · No goal · 30 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Callum Brittain · 41' · No goal · 29 m · 0.02 xG Middlesbrough · Morgan Whittaker · 62' · No goal · 26 m · 0.01 xG Watford · Edo Kayembe · 35' · No goal · 28 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Aidan Morris · 71' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG Middlesbrough · Leo Castledine · 86' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

32 shots · 3.03 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

2.26 xG created 1.13 xGA

  • D 1.50 created, 0.32 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
  • L 3.12 created, 0.79 conceded against Millwall
  • D 3.13 created, 2.16 conceded against Swansea City
  • L 1.28 created, 0.42 conceded against Portsmouth
  • D 2.70 created, 2.59 conceded against Ipswich Town
  • W 1.83 created, 0.48 conceded against Sheffield Wednesday
Watford

0.75 xG created 1.79 xGA

  • D 0.27 created, 2.13 conceded against Leicester City
  • L 0.34 created, 2.40 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
  • D 1.13 created, 2.11 conceded against Charlton Athletic
  • L 0.81 created, 1.86 conceded against Oxford United
  • L 1.29 created, 0.81 conceded against Sheffield United
  • L 0.67 created, 1.40 conceded against West Bromwich Albion

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

Head to head

Middlesbrough: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 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.