📅 29/08/26🕒 11:30🏟️ Riverside Stadium🧑⚖️ Paul Tierney, England
ScorerW. Lankshear2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.85 xT73' W. LankshearCards1
Middlesbrough 3-1 West Brom — xTears 11.23 (29/08/26)
Final score: Middlesbrough 3-1 West Brom on 29 August 2026 during Matchday 3 of EFL Championship. Total xTears: 11.23.
W. Lankshear ended up carrying the main damage for Middlesbrough through W. Lankshear at 73' goal (+1.85 xT) and then W. Lankshear at 48' goal (+1.52 xT).
Pressure arrived in bursts, with calmer spells in between.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
48'
Goal
1-0W. Lankshear - Middlesbrough
65'
Goal
1-1J. Morgan - West Brom
Assist: I. Price
73'
Goal
2-1W. Lankshear - Middlesbrough
87'
Goal
3-1A. Jones - Middlesbrough
Assist: L. Ayling
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.39
73'
Goal
+1.85 xT
W. Lankshear - Middlesbrough
87'
Goal
+1.65 xT
A. Jones - Middlesbrough
Assist: L. Ayling
48'
Goal
+1.52 xT
W. Lankshear - Middlesbrough
65'
Goal
+1.42 xT
J. Morgan - West Brom
Assist: I. Price
Late drama
🔥
2.60
87'
Goal
+1.65 xT
A. Jones - Middlesbrough
Assist: L. Ayling
86'
Substitution
+0.51 xT
B. Stewart for J. Morgan - West Brom
86'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
T. Conway for W. Lankshear - Middlesbrough
All-out war
🟥
0.99
61'
Yellow card
+0.99 xT
O. Diakité - West Brom
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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