Bristol City 2–2 Middlesbrough: Result & Stats

Bristol City

FT

2 – 2

HT: 1 – 0

Middlesbrough

H. Cornick 49'

S. Bell 45+1'

M. Crooks 64'

A. Ramsey 58'

4/10/2023

Championship · Round 41Ashton Gate

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 59+ matches

Bristol City36%

×Draw27%

Middlesbrough37%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.2%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Bristol CityExpected goals in this matchMiddlesbrough

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.27

1.29

Bristol City

1.27

Middlesbrough

1.29

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 59 home / 64 away

1.32

creates per match

1.37

1.22

allows per match

1.22

creates per match

Bristol City

1.32

Middlesbrough

1.37

allows per match

Bristol City

1.22

Middlesbrough

1.22

+0.15scores more than expected

finishing

+0.19scores more than expected

finishing

Bristol City+0.15scores more

Middlesbrough+0.19scores more

Total goals

Under53
Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bristol City ↓

Middlesbrough →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–110%

0–26%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

72%28%2.5

47%53%3.5

25%75%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Bristol City or draw

63%

Bristol City or Middlesbrough

73%

Draw or Middlesbrough

64%

Winning margin

Bristol City wins by 2+

16%

Middlesbrough wins by 2+

16%

Team goals

Bristol City 1+ goals

72%

Bristol City 2+ goals

36%

Bristol City 3+ goals

14%

Middlesbrough 1+ goals

72%

Middlesbrough 2+ goals

37%

Middlesbrough 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Bristol City (draw refunded)

49%

Middlesbrough (draw refunded)

51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

39%

Both score & under 3

13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Bristol City at home — creates 1.32, concedes 1.22 · 59 matches

Middlesbrough away — creates 1.37, concedes 1.22 · 64 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Bristol City attack 1.32 + Middlesbrough defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.27

Middlesbrough attack 1.37 + Bristol City defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.29

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 37%?"

Bristol City scores more

36%

level

27%

Middlesbrough scores more

37%

Middlesbrough at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 37% does not mean "Middlesbrough will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Player of the match

9

H. Cornick

Bristol City · M

8.7

Match Events

22'

45+1'

49'

51'

58'

64'

69'

T. Conway← H. Cornick

70'

75'

75'

84'

86'

90'

O. Taylor-Clarke← N. Wells

Possession

Shots

Pass accuracy

Statistics

BristolMiddlesbrough

Overview

40%Possession60%

16Total Shots10

4Corners7

8Fouls7

Shots

16Total Shots10

7On Target4

6Off Target5

3Blocked1

10Inside Box7

6Outside Box3

Passing

40%Possession60%

349Total Passes522

245Accurate Passes434

70%Pass Accuracy83%

Goalkeeping

2Saves6

Discipline

8Fouls7

2Yellow Cards1

0Offsides1

Match Recap: Bristol City vs Middlesbrough

Bristol City and Middlesbrough drew 2-2 in Championship on April 10, 2023.

Goals: S. Bell (45+1'), H. Cornick (49'), A. Ramsey (58'), M. Crooks (64').

Middlesbrough controlled possession (60%) and registered 10 shots to 16.

The match was played at Ashton Gate in Bristol.

Bristol City vs Middlesbrough — Championship 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Total goals

Both teams score

Player of the match

Match Events

Head to Head

Possession

Shots

Pass accuracy

Statistics

Match Recap: Bristol City vs Middlesbrough