Middlesbrough 0–2 Ipswich: Result & Stats

Middlesbrough

FT

0 – 2

HT: 0 – 1

Ipswich

12/9/2023

Championship · Round 20Riverside Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 24+ matches

Middlesbrough44%

×Draw26%

Ipswich29%

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

Model

50.3%

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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

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

MiddlesbroughExpected goals in this matchIpswich

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.

1.43

1.11

Middlesbrough

1.43

Ipswich

1.11

Middlesbrough creates 29% more chances

Season form · 24 home / 27 away

1.70

creates per match

1.47

0.75

allows per match

1.16

creates per match

Middlesbrough

1.70

Ipswich

1.47

allows per match

Middlesbrough

0.75

Ipswich

1.16

+0.01on par

finishing

+0.16scores more than expected

finishing

Middlesbrough+0.01on par

Ipswich+0.16scores more

Total goals

Under53
Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes51
No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Middlesbrough ↓

Ipswich →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–19%

0–25%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

72%28%2.5

47%53%3.5

25%75%4.5

11%89%

Double chance

Middlesbrough or draw

71%

Middlesbrough or Ipswich

74%

Draw or Ipswich

56%

Winning margin

Middlesbrough wins by 2+

21%

Ipswich wins by 2+

11%

Team goals

Middlesbrough 1+ goals

76%

Middlesbrough 2+ goals

42%

Middlesbrough 3+ goals

17%

Ipswich 1+ goals

67%

Ipswich 2+ goals

30%

Ipswich 3+ goals

10%

Draw no bet

Middlesbrough (draw refunded)

60%

Ipswich (draw refunded)

40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

38%

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

Middlesbrough at home — creates 1.70, concedes 0.75 · 24 matches

Ipswich away — creates 1.47, concedes 1.16 · 27 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Middlesbrough attack 1.70 + Ipswich defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.43

Ipswich attack 1.47 + Middlesbrough defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 1.11

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 44%?"

Middlesbrough scores more

44%

level

26%

Ipswich scores more

29%

Middlesbrough at 44% 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 44% 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff