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Full time · Championship · Sat 29 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC

Middlesbrough 31 West Brom

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What the chances were worth

Middlesbrough
2.55
expected goals (xG)
West Brom
1.32
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 3–1; by chance quality the match ran 2.55–1.32.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Middlesbrough
45%
Draw
30%
West Brom
26%

The model made Middlesbrough to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 45% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Middlesbrough created the better chances — the xG read 2.5–1.3 and the shot count agreed (15–12, 6–4 on target). Middlesbrough got into the box far more often (14 shots inside it to 10). On the balance of chances, the 3–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Middlesbrough
West Brom
46%
Ball Possession
54%
15
Total Shots
12
6
Shots on Goal
4
5
Shots off Goal
2
4
Blocked Shots
6
14
Shots inside box
10
1
Shots outside box
2
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Offsides
0
516
Total passes
584
455
Passes accurate
522
15
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Goalkeeper Saves
4
6
Free Kicks
15

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Middlesbrough
56%
market implied · price 1.71 · opened 54%
Draw
24%
market implied · price 4.03 · opened 25%
West Brom
20%
market implied · price 4.92 · opened 21%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Middlesbrough or draw1.1978.6%-0.6 pts
Double chance West Brom or draw2.0445.7%+0.6 pts
Double chance either team1.2475.6%-0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Middlesbrough1.3071.2%-0.7 pts
Draw no bet — West Brom3.2228.8%+0.7 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2576.7%+2.2 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.8053.7%+1.9 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.0032.0%+1.0 pts
Both teams to score1.7453.4%+0.7 pts
Middlesbrough over 1.5 team goals1.7654.8%+2.0 pts
West Brom over 1.5 team goals3.6326.2%-0.7 pts
Middlesbrough clean sheet2.5037.3%-0.2 pts
West Brom clean sheet5.1218.3%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.81 · 1-0 6.86 · 2-1 7.63 · 2-0 7.94 · 0-0 10.88

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 13:40 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
16 Jan 26West Brom2-3Middlesbrough
19 Sep 25Middlesbrough2-1West Brom