Middlesbrough have gone over 2.5 goals in 8 of 11 league games this season (73%) — 83% at home, 60% away. They've scored 22 and conceded 16, so their matches average 3.45 goals, and both teams have scored in 82% of them. Record: 6-4-1 in the Championship, where the division average is 62% over 2.5.
Full Middlesbrough season view in the app →They are one of the division's more open sides: 73% of their games beat 2.5 goals, 11 points above the Championship average of 62%. That ranks them 3rd of 24 for goals in their matches, 2nd for scoring (2.00 a game) and 11th for goals conceded (1.45). They've kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 0 times in 11 games.
Across 11 matches with half-time data, 66% of the goals in their games have come after the break (13 before, 25 after). Middlesbrough themselves have scored 7 in first halves and 15 in second — a distinctly second-half team.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 73% | 55% | 82% |
| Home | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 83% | 67% | 83% |
| Away | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 60% | 40% | 80% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 2–2 (3 times). Biggest win: 3–1 at home to West Brom (Sat 29 Aug). Heaviest defeat: 1–2 away at Blackburn. 2 of their 11 games have produced five goals or more. They are unbeaten in 9.
In 49 league games last season Middlesbrough's matches went over 2.5 goals 53% of the time. This season they're running hotter at 73%, up 20 points, though 11 games is a small sample to read much into.
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