Championship · Matchweek 9
Middlesbrough
MID
1–0Full time
Wolverhampton Wanderers
WOL
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%Possession53%
42%Territory36%
15%From set plays15%
0.11Chance quality0.09
5.0%Directness5.2%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Middlesbrough, 4 for Wolves. Too few to lean on heavily.
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 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.