Middlesbrough vs Sunderland stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Sun, 5 Nov 2017

MiddlesbroughHome

10Full time, half-time 1–0

SunderlandAway

Middlesbrough won by 1 goal.

LWWWDLeague form, oldest to newestDDLLW

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 7 scored home results and Sunderland 7 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Middlesbrough at home: 1.57 points per match (7 measured matches); Sunderland away: 1.00 points per match (7 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Middlesbrough scored 1.14 per home match (7 measured matches); Sunderland scored 1.71 away (7). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.31 per club appearance across 378 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 8 of 14 pooled club appearances (57.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. No earlier meetings between these teams are stored.

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 half10

Second half00

The match in numbers

MiddlesbroughSunderland

6Shots10
4Shots on target3
1Corners5
13Fouls17
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Middlesbrough

Shots6
On target4
Goals1

67% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Sunderland

Shots10
On target3
Goals0

30% 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.

No valid scored meetings are available in this bounded stored window.

Latest stored form

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

Home and away All matches

Middlesbrough at homeWWWWDW

Sunderland awayLDWLDL

Sun, 20 Sept@ Man City3–5C 5–6 · Y 1–0
Sat, 5 Sept@ Brentford1–1C 3–4 · Y 2–3
Sat, 22 Aug@ Ipswich1–2C 5–3 · Y 3–0
Sun, 17 May@ Everton3–1C 2–3 · Y 0–3
Sat, 2 May@ Wolves1–1C 3–6 · Y 5–0
Sun, 19 Apr@ Aston Villa3–4C 5–4 · Y 3–1

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 away Overall

Middlesbrough at home, Sunderland away

46%
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
48%
Over 2.5 goals
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
28%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
11%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
23 + 23 matches
2.6
Avg total goals
League 2.55
23 + 23 matches
76%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
33%
1st half over 1.5
League 32%
23 + 23 matches
10.1
Corners per match
League 10.29
23 + 23 matches
61%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
57%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
4.1
Cards per match
League 3.63
23 + 23 matches
63%
Cards over 3.5
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
41%
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 away Overall

Middlesbrough at home, Sunderland away

Middlesbrough (home)		Sunderland (away)
5	Position	24
WLWWW	Last 5, oldest to newest	LWDDL
23	Played	23
1.96	Points per match	0.91
61%	Win %	17%
1.43	Scored / match	1.26
0.74	Conceded / match	1.78
2.17	Avg total goals	3.04
30%	Both scored	61%
48%	Clean sheets	13%
30%	Failed to score	30%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

MiddlesbroughSunderland

0.781st half scored / match0.57
0.351st half conceded / match0.74
0.652nd half scored / match0.70
0.392nd half conceded / match1.04
48%Leading at half-time35%
74%1st half over 0.578%
35%1st half over 1.530%
70%2nd half over 0.583%
26%2nd half over 1.557%
39%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Middlesbrough at home, Sunderland away, this season.

Goals

MiddlesbroughSunderland

1.43Scored / match1.26
0.74Conceded / match1.78
2.17Match total / match3.04
70%Scored 1+70%
57%Scored 2+35%
52%Conceded 1+87%
17%Conceded 2+48%
65%Match over 1.578%
39%Match over 2.557%
17%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

MiddlesbroughSunderland

14.35Shots for9.96
9.61Shots against14.04
4.13On target for3.13
2.74On target against4.87
10%Shot conversion13%

Corners

MiddlesbroughSunderland

5.65Corners for4.35
4.70Corners against5.52
10.35Match total9.87
74%Over 7.570%
57%Over 8.565%
57%Over 9.557%
44%Over 10.539%
35%Over 11.526%

Cards

MiddlesbroughSunderland

1.87Cards for2.26
2.57Cards against1.52
4.43Match total3.78
78%Over 2.574%
70%Over 3.557%
48%Over 4.535%
26%Over 5.526%
12.43Fouls committed11.83

Referee this season

J Simpson

Matches

Cards / match

4.16

32 matches

Over 3.5 cards

63%

32 matches

Over 4.5 cards

47%

32 matches

Fouls / match

25.03

32 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
3	Fulham	46	33	88
4	Aston Villa	46	30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	76
6	Derby	46	22	75
7	Preston	46	11	73
22	Barnsley	46	-24	41
23	Burton	46	-43	41
24	Sunderland	46	-28	37

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