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Millwall vs Middlesbrough — Championship 2018

Millwall
Millwall
FT
1 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
4/12/2025ChampionshipChampionship · Round 42The Den

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 24+ matches

Millwall38%
×Draw27%
Middlesbrough35%
✓ 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.

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.

Millwall
1.30
Middlesbrough
1.24

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 38 home / 24 away

creates per match

Millwall
1.32
Middlesbrough
1.49

allows per match

Millwall
0.99
Middlesbrough
1.28

finishing

Millwall-0.08on par
Middlesbrough-0.07on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Millwall ↓

Middlesbrough →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–110%
0–26%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
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
11%89%

Double chance

Millwall or draw
65%
Millwall or Middlesbrough
73%
Draw or Middlesbrough
62%

Winning margin

Millwall wins by 2+
17%
Middlesbrough wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Millwall 1+ goals
73%
Millwall 2+ goals
37%
Millwall 3+ goals
14%
Middlesbrough 1+ goals
71%
Middlesbrough 2+ goals
35%
Middlesbrough 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Millwall (draw refunded)
52%
Middlesbrough (draw refunded)
48%

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

Millwall at home — creates 1.32, concedes 0.99 · 38 matches

Middlesbrough away — creates 1.49, concedes 1.28 · 24 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Millwall attack 1.32 + Middlesbrough defence 1.28 → ÷2 → 1.30

Middlesbrough attack 1.49 + Millwall defence 0.99 → ÷2 → 1.24

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 38%?"

Millwall scores more
38%
level
27%
Middlesbrough scores more
35%

Millwall at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Millwall 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

Championship: Millwall 1–0 Middlesbrough

Millwall beat Middlesbrough 1-0 in Championship on April 12, 2025.

The match was played at The Den in London.