📅 08/11/25🕒 15:00🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑⚖️ Sam Allison, England
Biggest Swing+1.41 xT17' D. FryCards2
Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham City — xTears 10.06 (08/11/25)
Middlesbrough got the job done 2-1 over Birmingham City on 8 November 2025 during Matchday 15 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 10.06 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from D. Fry 17' goal (+1.41 xT) and H. Hackney 45' goal (+1.41 xT).
It came in waves: a bit of control, then a burst of bedlam.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
17'
Goal
1-0D. Fry - Middlesbrough
Assist: C. Brittain
29'
Goal
1-1D. Gray - Birmingham City
45'
Goal
2-1H. Hackney - Middlesbrough
Assist: A. Morris
Absolute chaos
🧨
5.42
17'
Goal
+1.41 xT
D. Fry - Middlesbrough
Assist: C. Brittain
45'
Goal
+1.41 xT
H. Hackney - Middlesbrough
Assist: A. Morris
29'
Goal
+1.24 xT
D. Gray - Birmingham City
80'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
L. Dykes for T. Iwata - Birmingham City
Late drama
🔥
2.58
90+3'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
J. Beadle - Birmingham City
80'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
L. Dykes for T. Iwata - Birmingham City
80'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
L. Koumas for P. Roberts - Birmingham City
86'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
D. Burgzorg for T. Conway - Middlesbrough
All-out war
🟥
2.03
90+3'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
J. Beadle - Birmingham City
30'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
L. Ayling - Middlesbrough
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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