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Bristol City vs Middlesbrough — Championship 2025

Bristol City
Bristol City
Preview
15:00
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
2/6/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 30Ashton Gate Stadium
Big match
46%
Middlesbrough
model favours
27%27%46%

Bristol City score first in only 20% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
56%
under 2.5 goals
48%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 10+ matches

Bristol City27%
×Draw27%
Middlesbrough46%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

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

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.

Bristol City
1.02
Middlesbrough
1.41

Middlesbrough creates 38% more chances

Season form · 18 home / 10 away

creates per match

Bristol City
1.05
Middlesbrough
1.37

allows per match

Bristol City
1.44
Middlesbrough
0.98

finishing

Bristol City+0.01on par
Middlesbrough-0.07on par

Total goals

56%Under
  • Under56
  • Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bristol City ↓

Middlesbrough →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–112%
0–29%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–113%
1–29%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–05%
2–16%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–12%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–00%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
44%56%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Bristol City or draw
54%
Bristol City or Middlesbrough
73%
Draw or Middlesbrough
73%

Winning margin

Bristol City wins by 2+
10%
Middlesbrough wins by 2+
22%

Team goals

Bristol City 1+ goals
64%
Bristol City 2+ goals
27%
Bristol City 3+ goals
8%
Middlesbrough 1+ goals
76%
Middlesbrough 2+ goals
41%
Middlesbrough 3+ goals
17%

Draw no bet

Bristol City (draw refunded)
37%
Middlesbrough (draw refunded)
63%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
36%
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 1.05, concedes 1.44 · 18 matches

Middlesbrough away — creates 1.37, concedes 0.98 · 10 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 1.05 + Middlesbrough defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.02

Middlesbrough attack 1.37 + Bristol City defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.41

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 46%?"

Bristol City scores more
27%
level
27%
Middlesbrough scores more
46%

Middlesbrough at 46% 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 46% 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.

Match Insights

  • Bristol City have won 4 of the last 5 meetings

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Bristol City
Balanced
Middlesbrough
Attack-heavy
48%Possession61%
77%Pass accuracy85%
11.1Shots15.6
1.04xGBiggest gap1.53
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Bristol CityMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

4
Bristol City
1
Draws
0
Middlesbrough
Avg goals: 2.4BTTS: 60%
1–12–02–12–02–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
City
WLDLD
Middlesbrough
LDDDW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Bristol City host Middlesbrough

February 6, 2027: Bristol City take on Middlesbrough in Championship. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

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