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Middlesbrough v Leeds, EFL Championship, Fri, 2 Mar 2018: statistics and head to head

2017-18. Fri, 2 Mar 2018

MiddlesbroughHome
30Full time, half-time 2–0
LeedsAway

Middlesbrough won by 3 goals.

LWWWDLeague form, oldest to newestLLWLW

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

Riverside Stadium. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Middlesbrough have 17 scored home results and Leeds 17 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Middlesbrough at home: 1.76 points per match (17 measured matches); Leeds away: 1.35 points per match (17 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Middlesbrough scored 1.18 per home match (17 measured matches); Leeds scored 1.35 away (17). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.25 per club appearance across 816 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 34 pooled club appearances (35.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Middlesbrough: 0 wins; Leeds: 1 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

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 half10

The match in numbers

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 20Shots11
  • 6Shots on target1
  • 13Corners5
  • 10Fouls10
  • 1Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Middlesbrough

  • Shots20
  • On target6
  • Goals3

30% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Leeds

  • Shots11
  • On target1
  • Goals0

9% of shots on target, 0% 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. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

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

0
Middlesbrough wins
0
Draws
1
Leeds wins
Goals / meeting
3.00
3 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Middlesbrough clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Leeds clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
13.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
8.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Leeds v MiddlesbroughSun, 19 Nov 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-182–1HT 1–0

Latest stored form

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

Home and awayAll matches
Middlesbrough at homeWWWWDW
Leeds awayLWWDLL

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.

Home and awayOverall
Middlesbrough at home, Leeds away
  • 39%
    Both teams scored
    League 50%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 94%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 91%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 50%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 26%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 25%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 7%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.5
    Avg total goals
    League 2.55
    23 + 23 matches
  • 76%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.5
    Corners per match
    League 10.29
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 70%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 59%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 57%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 50%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 45%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.2
    Cards per match
    League 3.63
    23 + 23 matches
  • 65%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 49%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

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, 2017-18

Home and awayOverall
Middlesbrough at home, Leeds away
Middlesbrough (home)Leeds (away)
5Position13
WLWWWLast 5, oldest to newestDLLLL
23Played23
1.96Points per match1.04
61%Win %30%
1.43Scored / match1.17
0.74Conceded / match1.61
2.17Avg total goals2.78
30%Both scored48%
48%Clean sheets22%
30%Failed to score35%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 0.781st half scored / match0.57
  • 0.351st half conceded / match0.74
  • 0.652nd half scored / match0.61
  • 0.392nd half conceded / match0.87
  • 48%Leading at half-time26%
  • 74%1st half over 0.578%
  • 35%1st half over 1.544%
  • 70%2nd half over 0.587%
  • 26%2nd half over 1.539%
  • 39%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Middlesbrough at home, Leeds away, this season.

Goals

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 1.43Scored / match1.17
  • 0.74Conceded / match1.61
  • 2.17Match total / match2.78
  • 70%Scored 1+65%
  • 57%Scored 2+39%
  • 52%Conceded 1+78%
  • 17%Conceded 2+52%
  • 65%Match over 1.578%
  • 39%Match over 2.561%
  • 17%Match over 3.535%

Shots and xG

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 14.35Shots for11.13
  • 9.61Shots against14.61
  • 4.13On target for3.43
  • 2.74On target against4.35
  • 10%Shot conversion11%

Corners

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 5.65Corners for4.09
  • 4.70Corners against6.57
  • 10.35Match total10.65
  • 74%Over 7.570%
  • 57%Over 8.570%
  • 57%Over 9.561%
  • 44%Over 10.557%
  • 35%Over 11.539%

Cards

MiddlesbroughLeeds
  • 1.87Cards for1.91
  • 2.57Cards against1.96
  • 4.43Match total3.87
  • 78%Over 2.578%
  • 70%Over 3.561%
  • 48%Over 4.548%
  • 26%Over 5.513%
  • 12.43Fouls committed11.96
Referee this season
D England
Matches
29
Cards / match
3.90
29 matches
Over 3.5 cards
48%
29 matches
Over 4.5 cards
35%
29 matches
Fouls / match
25.10
29 matches

The table, 2017-18

#ClubPGDPts
3Fulham463388
4Aston Villa463083
5Middlesbrough462276
6Derby462275
7Preston461173
11Bristol City46967
12Ipswich46-360
13Leeds46-560
14Norwich46-1160
15Sheffield Weds46-157
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