Middlesbrough 2:1 West Bromwich Albion: xG & match report · Championship

Friday, 19/09/2025 at 21:00

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Match report · Championship

Middlesbrough Home 0.96 xG · 9 shots

West Bromwich Albion Away 0.89 xG · 15 shots

21 The chances were evenly matched

Goals

26' David Strelec Middlesbrough · 0.38 xG chance 1–0
61' Mamadou Kaly Sene Middlesbrough · 0.24 xG chance 2–0
90' Aune Selland Heggebø West Bromwich Albion · 0.10 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion

Shots: 9; 15
On target: 4; 3
Inside the box: 4; 9
xG per shot: 0.11; 0.06
Open play xG: 0.58; 0.45
Set-piece xG: 0.38; 0.49
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: 0.95 for West Bromwich Albion.

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All shots

24 shots · 1.90 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Middlesbrough

1.09 xG created 0.61 xGA

W 0.35 created, 0.10 conceded against Swansea City
W 0.99 created, 0.60 conceded against Millwall
W 1.51 created, 1.18 conceded against Norwich City
W 1.09 created, 0.44 conceded against Sheffield United
D 1.52 created, 0.75 conceded against Preston North End

West Bromwich Albion

1.19 xG created 1.09 xGA

W 1.19 created, 1.25 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
W 2.37 created, 2.01 conceded against Wrexham
D 0.59 created, 0.94 conceded against Portsmouth
W 0.66 created, 0.95 conceded against Stoke City
L 1.15 created, 0.32 conceded against Derby County

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

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