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Barnsley v Middlesbrough, EFL Championship, Sat, 26 Feb 2022: statistics and head to head

2021-22. Sat, 26 Feb 2022

32Full time, half-time 2–0

Barnsley won by 1 goal.

LLLLLLeague form, oldest to newestLDWWL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Barnsley have 15 scored home results and Middlesbrough 15 scored away results stored in 2021-22. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Barnsley at home: 0.87 points per match (15 measured matches); Middlesbrough away: 1.13 points per match (15 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Barnsley scored 0.60 per home match (15 measured matches); Middlesbrough scored 0.93 away (15). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.24 per club appearance across 784 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 30 pooled club appearances (40.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Barnsley: 2 wins; Middlesbrough: 4 wins; draws: 1.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half20
Second half12

The match in numbers

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 7Shots16
  • 5Shots on target4
  • 2Corners12
  • 14Fouls12
  • 3Yellow cards0
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Barnsley

  • Shots7
  • On target5
  • Goals3

71% of shots on target, 60% of those scored.

Middlesbrough

  • Shots16
  • On target4
  • Goals2

25% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

7 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Barnsley wins
1
Draws
4
Middlesbrough wins
Goals / meeting
2.43
17 goals in 7 meetings
Both scored
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Over 1.5
71%
5 of 7 meetings
Over 2.5
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Over 3.5
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Barnsley clean sheets
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Middlesbrough clean sheets
29%
2 of 7 meetings
Corners / meeting
9.71
7 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.71
7 with card data
  1. Middlesbrough v BarnsleyWed, 20 Oct 2021 · EFL Championship 2021-222–0HT 1–0
  2. Barnsley v MiddlesbroughSat, 10 Apr 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-212–0HT 0–0
  3. Middlesbrough v BarnsleySat, 3 Oct 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-212–1HT 1–0
  4. Barnsley v MiddlesbroughSat, 22 Feb 2020 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 0–0
  5. Middlesbrough v BarnsleyWed, 27 Nov 2019 · EFL Championship 2019-201–0HT 0–0
  6. Middlesbrough v BarnsleySat, 10 Mar 2018 · EFL Championship 2017-183–1HT 2–0
  7. Barnsley v MiddlesbroughSat, 14 Oct 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–2HT 2–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Barnsley at home, Middlesbrough away
  • 46%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 87%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 72%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 47%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 22%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 24%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 11%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.2
    Avg total goals
    League 2.51
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.6
    Corners per match
    League 9.75
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 63%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.2
    Cards per match
    League 3.77
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 34%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2021-22

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2021-22

Barnsley at home, Middlesbrough away
Barnsley (home)Middlesbrough (away)
24Position7
WDLLLLast 5, oldest to newestWWDDL
23Played23
0.96Points per match1.13
22%Win %26%
0.78Scored / match1.09
1.26Conceded / match1.26
2.04Avg total goals2.35
44%Both scored48%
22%Clean sheets35%
44%Failed to score35%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 0.521st half scored / match0.39
  • 0.391st half conceded / match0.39
  • 0.262nd half scored / match0.70
  • 0.872nd half conceded / match0.87
  • 26%Leading at half-time30%
  • 65%1st half over 0.557%
  • 26%1st half over 1.522%
  • 65%2nd half over 0.583%
  • 26%2nd half over 1.548%
  • 9%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Barnsley at home, Middlesbrough away, this season.

Goals

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 0.78Scored / match1.09
  • 1.26Conceded / match1.26
  • 2.04Match total / match2.35
  • 57%Scored 1+65%
  • 17%Scored 2+35%
  • 78%Conceded 1+65%
  • 35%Conceded 2+35%
  • 65%Match over 1.574%
  • 22%Match over 2.539%
  • 17%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 10.22Shots for11.26
  • 12.61Shots against10.70
  • 3.57On target for3.91
  • 3.91On target against3.35
  • 8%Shot conversion10%

Corners

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 3.65Corners for5.17
  • 5.57Corners against4.87
  • 9.22Match total10.04
  • 70%Over 7.570%
  • 61%Over 8.565%
  • 48%Over 9.557%
  • 30%Over 10.548%
  • 26%Over 11.544%

Cards

BarnsleyMiddlesbrough
  • 1.74Cards for2.70
  • 1.78Cards against2.22
  • 3.52Match total4.91
  • 61%Over 2.596%
  • 44%Over 3.570%
  • 35%Over 4.548%
  • 17%Over 5.539%
  • 11.83Fouls committed10.30
Referee this season
J Linington
Matches
27
Cards / match
4.96
27 matches
Over 3.5 cards
67%
27 matches
Over 4.5 cards
52%
27 matches
Fouls / match
21.93
27 matches

The table, 2021-22

#ClubPGDPts
5Sheffield United461875
6Luton46875
7Middlesbrough46970
8Blackburn46969
9Millwall46869
22Reading46-3347
23Peterboro46-4437
24Barnsley46-4030
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