📅 23/09/23🕒 14:00🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑⚖️ T. Robinson
Biggest Swing+2.02 xT66' J. HowsonCards3
Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton — xTears 10.77 (23/09/23)
Middlesbrough came back to win 2-1 against Southampton on 23 September 2023 during Matchday 8 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 10.77 xTears.
The real swing for Middlesbrough arrived through R. McGree at 44' goal (+1.24 xT) and J. Howson at 66' penalty (+2.02 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Middlesbrough's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
17'
Goal
0-1A. Armstrong - Southampton
Assist: C. Adams
44'
Goal
1-1R. McGree - Middlesbrough
66'
Penalty
2-1J. Howson - Middlesbrough
Absolute chaos
🧨
5.59
66'
Penalty
+2.02 xT
J. Howson - Middlesbrough
17'
Goal
+1.41 xT
A. Armstrong - Southampton
Assist: C. Adams
44'
Goal
+1.24 xT
R. McGree - Middlesbrough
83'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
J. Aribo for W. Smallbone - Southampton
All-out war
🟥
2.77
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
T. Smith - Middlesbrough
53'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
I. Jones - Middlesbrough
58'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
H. Hackney - Middlesbrough
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
2.02
66'
Penalty
+2.02 xT
J. Howson - Middlesbrough
Late drama
🔥
1.97
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
T. Smith - Middlesbrough
83'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
J. Aribo for W. Smallbone - Southampton
90+1'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
S. Silvera for I. Jones - Middlesbrough
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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