Championship · Matchweek 3
Middlesbrough
MID
3–1Full time
West Bromwich Albion
WBA
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
59%Possession55%
47%Territory41%
16%From set plays19%
0.12Chance quality0.09
4.1%Directness3.5%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Middlesbrough, 4 for West Brom.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Middlesbrough
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 83 matches, not the full season.