England flagEFL ChampionshipMatchday 3Full Time
📅 23/08/25🕒 14:00🏟️ Carrow Road🧑‍⚖️ L. Doughty
Home team

Norwich City

Score
Norwich City crest
1-2
Middlesbrough crest
Away team

Middlesbrough

Biggest Swing+1.56 xT58' Jacob WrightCards4

Norwich City 1-2 Middlesbrough — xTears 12.01 (23/08/25)

Middlesbrough beat Norwich City 1-2 on 23 August 2025 during Matchday 3 of EFL Championship. Total xTears: 12.01.

Biggest swings: F. Azaz at 43' goal (+1.41 xT); J. Sargent at 85' goal (+1.48 xT).

The match moved between settled phases and messy stretches.

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How it unfolded

Timeline

  1. 43'

    Goal

    0-1

    F. Azaz - Middlesbrough

    Assist: H. Hackney

  2. 45'

    Goal

    0-2

    T. Conway - Middlesbrough

    Assist: A. Morris

  3. 58'

    Red card

    Jacob Wright - Norwich City

  4. 85'

    Goal

    1-2

    J. Sargent - Norwich City

    Assist: K. McLean

Absolute chaos

🧨

6.93

58'

Red card

+1.56 xT

Jacob Wright - Norwich City

85'

Goal

+1.48 xT

J. Sargent - Norwich City

Assist: K. McLean

43'

Goal

+1.41 xT

F. Azaz - Middlesbrough

Assist: H. Hackney

45'

Goal

+1.12 xT

T. Conway - Middlesbrough

Assist: A. Morris

All-out war

🟥

4.26

58'

Red card

+1.56 xT

Jacob Wright - Norwich City

90+7'

Yellow card

+1.05 xT

S. Nypan - Middlesbrough

61'

Yellow card

+0.85 xT

C. Brittain - Middlesbrough

48'

Yellow card

+0.80 xT

H. Hackney - Middlesbrough

Late drama

🔥

3.89

85'

Goal

+1.48 xT

J. Sargent - Norwich City

Assist: K. McLean

90+7'

Yellow card

+1.05 xT

S. Nypan - Middlesbrough

80'

Substitution

+0.46 xT

J. Schlupp for J. Córdoba - Norwich City

80'

Substitution

+0.46 xT

M. Kvistgaarden for P. Diallo - Norwich City

Referee scandal

🧑‍⚖️

1.56

58'

Red card

+1.56 xT

Jacob Wright - Norwich City

Cruelty

😈

Barely left a bruise

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Nothing big fed this one.

Crushed hope

💔

Barely left a bruise

0

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