Championship

Championship | Gameweek 5

Sep 2, 2023 at 3pm UK

Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough
0 - 2
QPR

Greenwood (77')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Dozzell (43'), Colback (71')
Colback (50'), Chair (65')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Middlesbrough

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Bolton 1-3 Middlesbrough
Tuesday, August 29 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Queens Park Rangers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Southampton 2-1 QPR
Saturday, August 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Middlesbrough 2-1 Queens Park Rangers

With the pressure ramping up on both managers, this feels like an important fixture for differing reasons. While we think that QPR will give a good account of themselves, we are backing Boro to get off the mark in their wins tally, potentially through a late goal. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Middlesbrough win with a probability of 57.53%. A draw had a probability of 23% and a win for Queens Park Rangers had a probability of 19.43%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.69%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.48%) and 2-1 (9.82%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.95%), while for a Queens Park Rangers win it was 0-1 (6.11%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 2.9% likelihood.

Result
Middlesbrough	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
57.53% ( 0)	23.04% ( -0)	19.43%

Both teams to score 50.68% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.35% (

0.01)

48.64% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.24% (

70.76% (

-0.01)

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.35% (

16.65% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

53.5% (

46.5% (

-0.01)

Queens Park Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.8% (

0.01)

39.19% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.09% (

75.9% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Middlesbrough 57.52%

Queens Park Rangers 19.43%

Draw 23.03%

Middlesbrough	Draw	Queens Park Rangers
1-0 @ 11.69% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 10.48% 2-1 @ 9.82% ( 0) 3-0 @ 6.27% 3-1 @ 5.87% ( 0) 4-0 @ 2.81% 3-2 @ 2.75% ( 0) 4-1 @ 2.63% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.23% 5-0 @ 1.01% 5-1 @ 0.94% Other @ 2.02% Total : 57.52%	1-1 @ 10.95% 0-0 @ 6.53% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.6% ( 0) Other @ 0.95% Total : 23.03%	0-1 @ 6.11% ( -0) 1-2 @ 5.13% ( 0) 0-2 @ 2.86% 1-3 @ 1.6% 2-3 @ 1.44% Other @ 2.28% Total : 19.43%