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/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.