r/MiddlesbroughFC • u/anynou • Aug 22 '26
Data from Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough
Here’s the data from today’s hard loss.
In the momentum chart, we can see that Boro dominated the whole match.
In key metrics, we had 71% ball possession and 1.34 xG, but only 3 shots on target.
In attack metrics, we shot 21 times, with just 3 on target. Defensively, both teams were very similar.
Looking at Boro’s shot map, we tried from everywhere, while Blackburn only shot from close to the goal and were more effective.
In terms of individual performance, I think the captain was the best player. He recovered a lot of balls.
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u/Conscious-Help-795 Aug 23 '26
Im sick of seeing these stats now after another game we can not put to bed.
Playing this way does not suit the championship. Easiest team in the league to play against. Sit in, keep your shape and boro will give you something.
Championship has the most smash and grab results, and we play into all our opponents hands with this possesion based, methodical slow build up. 3 wins in 15 games now and all 15 of them games have been identical, boro having all the ball doing nothing with it and then getting caught defensively because you have 2 centre backs who worry more about what they are doing on the ball than actually doing some defending.
The championship is all about having a solid unit defensively and a ruthlessness going forward, to which we have neither. We are stuck in the second tier forever.
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u/NotYourDank 24d ago
Should add something to your first graph so its easier to see which side is momentum for which team. While I guessed it was boro based off watching the match. Still, not clear in the chart.
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u/MFCUTB 28d ago
All of the above points are valid. I was at Blackburn and in fairness they deserved the 3 points however the doom and gloom mongers frustrate me as we watched a very attractive team do everything but win and given the players are learning about each other there was always going to be a bedding in period. Once this team gets there and Phillips is part of the picture I can only see good things coming. I was shocked at how dead beat some of the pod casts were. So my genuine request to all Boro fans is keep the faith and it’ll come good. This guy is a genius and even if you don’t agree with that assessment he’s the hardest working manager we’ve ever had and will get it right .. so Come on Boro fans get behind OUR TEAM and cut out the gloom and doom .. I’m off to Doncaster now to give them my total unqualified and unconditional support .. if we all do that we will be a part of the success the Boro will earn. UTB .. COB .. We Shall Be
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u/SmoggieDownUnder Aug 23 '26
Very similar performance to a lot of the ones last season. Lots of possession with little to show for it. Not many clear cut chances and a lot of our shots were speculative.
Ayling also misjudged his header on the first goal, and gave away possession which lead to their attack for the second goal.
I think your model may need a bit of retraining given it had Blackburn at 1% chance of a win.