📅 05/08/23🕒 14:00🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑⚖️ G. Ward
Biggest Swing+1.96 xT79' R. EsseCards4
Middlesbrough 0-1 Millwall — xTears 8.98 (05/08/23)
Millwall got the job done 0-1 over Middlesbrough on 5 August 2023 during Matchday 1 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 8.98 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from R. Esse 79' goal (+1.96 xT) and J. Howson 80' yellow card (+1.04 xT).
This one sat somewhere between composed and chaotic. The bench changed the match in one move: R. Esse and A. Emakhu at 79'.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
79'
Goal
0-1R. Esse - Millwall
Assist: A. Emakhu
All-out war
🟥
3.60
80'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
J. Howson - Middlesbrough
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
J. Cooper - Millwall
46'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
K. Nisbet - Millwall
25'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
J. Bryan - Millwall
Absolute chaos
🧨
3.35
79'
Goal
+1.96 xT
R. Esse - Millwall
Assist: A. Emakhu
87'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
I. Jones for M. Crooks - Middlesbrough
90'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
R. Leonard for J. Bryan - Millwall
90'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
T. Bradshaw for K. Nisbet - Millwall
Late drama
🔥
3.32
80'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
J. Howson - Middlesbrough
80'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
J. Cooper - Millwall
87'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
I. Jones for M. Crooks - Middlesbrough
90'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
R. Leonard for J. Bryan - Millwall
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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