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Championship · Matchweek 11

· Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough

MID

2–2Full time

Cardiff City

CAR

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%Possession52%
42%Territory37%
15%From set plays22%
0.11Chance quality0.13
5.0%Directness6.5%

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

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Cardiff

No regular with a goal involvement yet.

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.

The xG race43 shots
Cumulative expected goalsMiddlesbrough 2.76 xG, Cardiff 0.83 xG over 94 minutes
  • Middlesbrough2.76
  • Cardiff0.83
Final score 2–2
Show data
Shots with expected-goal values
MinTeamxGOutcome
3'Middlesbrough0.02saved
3'Cardiff0.02off target
4'Middlesbrough0.05blocked
4'Middlesbrough0.11off target
7'Cardiff0.11off target
13'Cardiff0.05blocked
17'Middlesbrough0.04blocked
17'Middlesbrough0.21saved
19'Middlesbrough0.10off target
20'Middlesbrough0.02blocked
22'Cardiff0.08goal
29'Middlesbrough0.02saved
32'Middlesbrough0.13blocked
34'Middlesbrough0.02saved
34'Middlesbrough0.10saved
36'Middlesbrough0.07blocked
36'Middlesbrough0.03off target
40'Cardiff0.33off target
44'Middlesbrough0.04blocked
44'Middlesbrough0.36saved
45'Middlesbrough0.05blocked
46'Cardiff0.03goal
47'Middlesbrough0.06blocked
51'Middlesbrough0.04off target
52'Middlesbrough0.03off target
52'Middlesbrough0.16off target
55'Middlesbrough0.09saved
55'Middlesbrough0.03saved
58'Middlesbrough0.36goal
61'Middlesbrough0.03goal
63'Middlesbrough0.13off target
65'Middlesbrough0.07off target
68'Cardiff0.21saved
76'Middlesbrough0.10off target
77'Middlesbrough0.02blocked
80'Middlesbrough0.05blocked
80'Middlesbrough0.04saved
88'Middlesbrough0.02blocked
88'Middlesbrough0.03saved
90'Middlesbrough0.04off target
93'Middlesbrough0.08off target
94'Middlesbrough0.01blocked
94'Middlesbrough0.03blocked
Shot map4 scored
Shot map
  • Middlesbrough (2/36)
  • Cardiff (2/7)

Marker area is expected-goal value. Filled markers are goals; outlines are attempts that did not score.

Show data
Every shot with location and expected-goal value
MinTeamxGBodySituationOutcome
3'Middlesbrough0.02right footcornersaved
3'Cardiff0.02left footopen playoff target
4'Middlesbrough0.05left footopen playblocked
4'Middlesbrough0.11headopen playoff target
7'Cardiff0.11headopen playoff target
13'Cardiff0.05right footopen playblocked
17'Middlesbrough0.04right footopen playblocked
17'Middlesbrough0.21left footopen playsaved
19'Middlesbrough0.10left footopen playoff target
20'Middlesbrough0.02left footopen playblocked
22'Cardiff0.08right footopen playgoal
29'Middlesbrough0.02left footopen playsaved
32'Middlesbrough0.13left footopen playblocked
34'Middlesbrough0.02left footopen playsaved
34'Middlesbrough0.10headopen playsaved
36'Middlesbrough0.07left footopen playblocked
36'Middlesbrough0.03headopen playoff target
40'Cardiff0.33headcorneroff target
44'Middlesbrough0.04right footopen playblocked
44'Middlesbrough0.36right footopen playsaved
45'Middlesbrough0.05right footopen playblocked
46'Cardiff0.03left footfast breakgoal
47'Middlesbrough0.06right footopen playblocked
51'Middlesbrough0.04left footfast breakoff target
52'Middlesbrough0.03right footopen playoff target
52'Middlesbrough0.16right footopen playoff target
55'Middlesbrough0.09right footopen playsaved
55'Middlesbrough0.03right footopen playsaved
58'Middlesbrough0.36right footopen playgoal
61'Middlesbrough0.03left footopen playgoal
63'Middlesbrough0.13left footopen playoff target
65'Middlesbrough0.07headcorneroff target
68'Cardiff0.21right footopen playsaved
76'Middlesbrough0.10headcorneroff target
77'Middlesbrough0.02right footopen playblocked
80'Middlesbrough0.05right footopen playblocked
80'Middlesbrough0.04right footopen playsaved
88'Middlesbrough0.02right footcornerblocked
88'Middlesbrough0.03right footcornersaved
90'Middlesbrough0.04right footfree kickoff target
93'Middlesbrough0.08left footopen playoff target
94'Middlesbrough0.01headcornerblocked
94'Middlesbrough0.03right footcornerblocked
MomentumWho was on top, minute by minute
Match momentumPressure through the match. Bars above the line favour Middlesbrough, below favour Cardiff.
  • Middlesbrough pressure
  • Cardiff pressure
Head to headPossession, shots, discipline
MiddlesbroughCardiff
2.76Expected goals0.85
57Possession %43
36Shots7
12On target3
4Big chances3
11Corners4
492Passes380
83Pass accuracy %81
42.9Field tilt %est.33.2
9Fouls10
0Yellow cards2