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Championship · Matchweek 7

Middlesbrough

MID

4–3Full time

Norwich City

NOR

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%
42%Territory39%
15%From set plays15%
0.11Chance quality0.08
5.0%Directness4.1%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Middlesbrough, 4 for Norwich. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.