Championship

Championship | Gameweek 8

Sep 18, 2021 at 3pm UK

Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough
1 - 2
Blackpool

Tavernier (8')
Fry (12'), Crooks (35')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ekpiteta (63'), Hall (78' og.)
Gabriel (90+3')

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The Match

Match Report

A Grant Hall own goal gave the Tangerines all three points on Teesside.

Preview

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

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 38.63%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 33.99% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.07%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.21%) and 2-0 (7.01%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (10.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.96%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood.

Result
Middlesbrough	Draw	Blackpool
38.63%	27.37%	33.99%

Both teams to score 49.53%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.99%

56.01%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.9%

77.1%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.82%

28.18%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.13%

63.87%

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.97%

31.03%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.66%

67.34%

Score Analysis

Middlesbrough 38.63%

Blackpool 33.99%

Draw 27.37%

Middlesbrough	Draw	Blackpool
1-0 @ 11.07% 2-1 @ 8.21% 2-0 @ 7.01% 3-1 @ 3.47% 3-0 @ 2.96% 3-2 @ 2.03% 4-1 @ 1.1% 4-0 @ 0.94% Other @ 1.85% Total : 38.63%	1-1 @ 12.96% 0-0 @ 8.74% 2-2 @ 4.8% Other @ 0.87% Total : 27.37%	0-1 @ 10.23% 1-2 @ 7.58% 0-2 @ 5.99% 1-3 @ 2.96% 0-3 @ 2.34% 2-3 @ 1.87% Other @ 3.02% Total : 33.99%

How you voted: Middlesbrough vs Blackpool

Middlesbrough

68.4%

Draw

15.8%

Blackpool