England flagEFL ChampionshipMatchday 3Full Time
📅 24/08/24🕒 14:00🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑‍⚖️ M. Donohue
Home team

Middlesbrough

Score
Middlesbrough crest
2-2
Portsmouth crest
Away team

Portsmouth

ScorerC. Saydee2 goalsBiggest Swing+2.30 xT90' T. ConwayCards5

Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth — xTears 13.77 (24/08/24)

Middlesbrough and Portsmouth finished level at 2-2 on 24 August 2024 during Matchday 3 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 13.77 xTears.

The heaviest blows came from C. Saydee 25' goal (+1.63 xT) and C. Saydee 2' goal (+1.41 xT).

There was no real calm here, just one momentum swing after another.

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How it unfolded

Timeline

  1. 2'

    Goal

    0-1

    C. Saydee - Portsmouth

    Assist: C. Lang

  2. 11'

    Goal

    1-1

    M. Clarke - Middlesbrough

    Assist: F. Azaz

  3. 25'

    Goal

    1-2

    C. Saydee - Portsmouth

  4. 90'

    Penalty

    2-2

    T. Conway - Middlesbrough

Absolute chaos

🧨

8.28

90'

Penalty

+2.30 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

25'

Goal

+1.63 xT

C. Saydee - Portsmouth

2'

Goal

+1.41 xT

C. Saydee - Portsmouth

Assist: C. Lang

11'

Goal

+1.24 xT

M. Clarke - Middlesbrough

Assist: F. Azaz

Late drama

🔥

4.89

90'

Penalty

+2.30 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

80'

Yellow card

+0.89 xT

J. Williams - Portsmouth

81'

Substitution

+0.46 xT

D. Barlaser for A. Morris - Middlesbrough

81'

Substitution

+0.46 xT

Micah Hamilton for L. Engel - Middlesbrough

All-out war

🟥

3.97

80'

Yellow card

+0.89 xT

J. Williams - Portsmouth

55'

Yellow card

+0.80 xT

H. Blair - Portsmouth

57'

Yellow card

+0.80 xT

W. Norris - Portsmouth

42'

Yellow card

+0.74 xT

R. Towler - Portsmouth

Referee scandal

🧑‍⚖️

2.30

90'

Penalty

+2.30 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

Cruelty

😈

2.30

90'

Penalty

+2.30 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

Crushed hope

💔

2.30

90'

Penalty

+2.30 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

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