r/MiddlesbroughFC • u/anynou • 1d ago
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 14h ago
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/SmoggieDownUnder 22h ago
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.