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Middlesbrough vs Stoke City — Championship 2018

Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Preview
19:45
Stoke City
Stoke City
2/17/2027ChampionshipChampionship · Round 32Riverside Stadium
Big match
51%
Middlesbrough
model favours
51%25%24%

Middlesbrough sit 5, Stoke City 17 in the table

brightest fact of this match

1–0
likely score
52%
under 2.5 goals
50%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 52+ matches

Middlesbrough51%
×Draw25%
Stoke City24%
✓ 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.

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.

Middlesbrough
1.58
Stoke City
1.00

Middlesbrough creates 58% more chances

Season form · 67 home / 52 away

creates per match

Middlesbrough
1.54
Stoke City
1.05

allows per match

Middlesbrough
0.96
Stoke City
1.61

finishing

Middlesbrough-0.15scores less
Stoke City-0.26scores less

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Middlesbrough ↓

Stoke City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–18%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Middlesbrough or draw
76%
Middlesbrough or Stoke City
75%
Draw or Stoke City
49%

Winning margin

Middlesbrough wins by 2+
26%
Stoke City wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Middlesbrough 1+ goals
79%
Middlesbrough 2+ goals
47%
Middlesbrough 3+ goals
21%
Stoke City 1+ goals
63%
Stoke City 2+ goals
26%
Stoke City 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Middlesbrough (draw refunded)
68%
Stoke City (draw refunded)
32%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
Both score & under 3
12%

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 1.54, concedes 0.96 · 67 matches

Stoke City away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.61 · 52 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 1.54 + Stoke City defence 1.61 → ÷2 → 1.58

Stoke City attack 1.05 + Middlesbrough defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 1.00

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 51%?"

Middlesbrough scores more
51%
level
25%
Stoke City scores more
24%

Middlesbrough at 51% 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 51% 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.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Middlesbrough
Attack-heavy
Stoke City
Balanced
54%Possession50%
79%Pass accuracy75%
13.6Shots11.4
1.46xGBiggest gap1.12
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
MiddlesbroughStoke City

Head-to-head

10 previous meetings

4
Middlesbrough
4
Draws
2
Stoke City
Avg goals: 2.3BTTS: 50%
2–10–03–12–00–2

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

Form
Middlesbrough
DLDDD
City
WDLLL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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Middlesbrough host Stoke City at Riverside Stadium.

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