📅 12/05/26🕒 19:00🏟️ St. Mary's Stadium🧑⚖️ A. Madley
Biggest Swing+2.00 xT116' S. CharlesCards8
Southampton 2-1 Middlesbrough — xTears 16.15 (12/05/26)
Southampton came back to win 2-1 against Middlesbrough on 12 May 2026 in EFL Championship Semi-finals. Total damage: 16.15 xTears.
The real swing for Southampton arrived through R. Stewart 45' goal (+1.24 xT) and S. Charles 116' goal (+2.00 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Southampton's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. The match lost its cool with 8 yellows.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
5'
Goal
0-1R. McGree - Middlesbrough
Assist: C. Brittain
45'
Goal
1-1R. Stewart - Southampton
116'
Goal
2-1S. Charles - Southampton
Assist: T. Harwood-Bellis
Late drama
🔥
8.53
116'
Goal
+2.00 xT
S. Charles - Southampton
Assist: T. Harwood-Bellis
92'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
C. Brittain - Middlesbrough
120+3'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Daniel Peretz - Southampton
120+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
C. Larin - Southampton
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.94
116'
Goal
+2.00 xT
S. Charles - Southampton
Assist: T. Harwood-Bellis
5'
Goal
+1.41 xT
R. McGree - Middlesbrough
Assist: C. Brittain
45'
Goal
+1.24 xT
R. Stewart - Southampton
119'
Substitution
+0.54 xT
S. Hansen for L. Ayling - Middlesbrough
All-out war
🟥
7.41
92'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
C. Brittain - Middlesbrough
120+3'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Daniel Peretz - Southampton
120+6'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
C. Larin - Southampton
78'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
A. Malanda - Middlesbrough
Cruelty
😈
2.00
116'
Goal
+2.00 xT
S. Charles - Southampton
Assist: T. Harwood-Bellis
Crushed hope
💔
2.00
116'
Goal
+2.00 xT
S. Charles - Southampton
Assist: T. Harwood-Bellis
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
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