Championship · England · Regular Season - 6

Middlesbrough–Millwall

2–2

HT 0–2

Kick-off: Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 18:45
Status: Match Finished
Venue: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

What the model said, and what happened

Ended level — we gave the draw 21%double chance: correct

This verdict goes into the public record unchanged; we do not filter out the ones we get wrong. The model's track record

Goals and red cards

11'MillwallT. Arconte (assist: C. Neghli)
36'MillwallL. Dykes (assist: C. Taylor)
50'MiddlesbroughA. Cozier-Duberry
61'MiddlesbroughW. Lankshear (assist: L. Ayling)

Match statistics

Match statistics
Middlesbrough		Millwall
22	Shots	11
7	Shots on target	4
11	Shots inside the box	11
2	Goalkeeper saves	5
14	Corners	1
4	Offsides	3
80%	Possession	20%
647	Passes	162
599	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Expected goals before kick-off: Middlesbrough 1.79 · Millwall 1.02. On the pitch: 2-2.
Shots Middlesbrough 22 · Millwall 11; on target 7 and 4.
Middlesbrough kept the ball more (80%).

Announced lineup

Middlesbrough

Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Manager: K. Hellberg

Starting XI

R. Vítekgoalkeeper
Neto Borgesdefender
A. Phillipsdefender
L. Aylingdefender
C. Brittaindefender
S. Berhaltermidfielder
A. Morrismidfielder
T. Conwaymidfielder
R. McGreemidfielder
A. Cozier-Duberrymidfielder
W. Lankshearforward

Substitutes

D. Strelec
J. Sarmiento

Unavailable players

Middlesbrough

A. Jonesout · not in squad

Millwall

A. Doughtyout · Hamstring Injury
C. De Norreout · injury
J. Coburnout · Muscle Injury
K. Lisbieout · injury
L. Jensenout · not in squad
M. Ivanovicout · Hamstring Injury
M. Luongoout · Knee Injury
M. Servaisout · Hamstring Injury
R. Leonardout · Hamstring Injury
T. Cramaout · not in squad
L. Cundledoubtful · not in squad

Provider data — may change until the line-ups are announced. Last updated: Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 15:10.

Referee

Robert Madley, England→

3.43

yellows per match

0.14

reds per match

matches of data

7 matches is a small sample — these averages are noisy and should not be read as a tendency.

Model prediction

Why this prediction?

The model puts the most likely outcome at 65.1%: “Middlesbrough to win”. Second comes “a draw” at 20.6%.
Behind that distribution are the expected goals: 2.17 for Middlesbrough, 0.97 for Millwall.
The highest double chance value is 85.8% (1X — Middlesbrough win or draw).
These values were computed from 2,289 past matches.

This is a prediction, not a guarantee; a probability is not a certainty.

These sentences are built by a fixed template; every number in them comes straight from the model's computation, none invented while the text was written.

Middlesbrough to win65.1%

Draw20.6%

Millwall to win14.2%

When the model has said 65–70% in the past, 675 of 977 predictions were correct (69.1%). Accuracy record →

3	Fouls	12

1	Yellow cards	1

0	Red cards	0

The measurements our data provider sent for this match. A row that was not measured shows “—”; writing 0 into an empty field would claim we measured it and found none.

Millwall

Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Manager: A. Neil

Starting XI

M. Crocombegoalkeeper
Zak Norton Sturgedefender
J. Cooperdefender
C. Taylordefender
J. Osei-Tutudefender
Jenson Metcalfemidfielder
D. Mazou-Sackomidfielder
C. Neghlimidfielder
T. Arcontemidfielder
M. Sykesmidfielder
L. Dykesforward

Substitutes

Alfie Massey
D. Batth
D. Kelly
E. Baggott
F. Marschall
L. Cundle
Y. Issoufou
Z. Lovelace

Lineups are announced about an hour before kick-off and can still change until the first whistle. The list is shown exactly as the provider sends it and does not feed the prediction. Last updated: Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 18:58.

When the model has said 55–60% in the past, 2,565 of 4,457 predictions were correct (57.5%). Accuracy record →

Double chance

1X — Middlesbrough win or draw85.8%

12 — any result other than a draw79.4%

X2 — draw or Millwall win34.9%

These three values add up to 200%, not 100% — and that is not a mistake. The options are not mutually exclusive; every outcome is counted in two of them. For the same reason 1X plus X2 exceeds 100% by exactly the probability of a draw (20.6%).

First half

Actual: 0–2

Middlesbrough lead at half-time37.5%

Level at half-time43.3%

Millwall lead at half-time19.2%

First-half double chance

1X — Middlesbrough ahead or level80.8%

12 — not level at half-time56.7%

X2 — level or Millwall ahead62.5%

These values are not a fraction of the full-match prediction; they come from a separate model trained on the first-half scores of 2289 matches. Its edge over the base rate is markedly smaller than the full-match model's — the measured figure is on the accuracy record. Read them more cautiously. First-half goal markets are not published because they failed to beat the base rate.

Expected fouls and corners

Fouls

Middlesbrough: at least 8Actual: 3
Millwall: at least 12Actual: 12

Corners

Middlesbrough: at least 6Actual: 14
Millwall: at least 4Actual: 1

These figures are set to hold in at least 60% of matches; in the rest the count comes in below them. No upper bound is stated — we make no "at most" claim. Yellow cards were measured and are not published: there our model did not beat the historical average.

Goals market

3+ goals61.7%

When the model has said 60–65% in the past, 1,139 of 1,798 predictions were correct (63.3%). Accuracy record →

The league's historical "3+ goals" rate is 48.4%. For this match the model gives a value above that baseline — and in backtesting the model's edge was confirmed only in this direction.

What these probabilities rest on

Expected goals comes out of a team's attack weighed against its opponent's defence. A strong attack is damped when it meets a strong defence — which is why comparing the ratings on their own is misleading.

How many goals Middlesbrough score1.79

Attack: Middlesbrough score above the league average (24% more).

Opponent's defence: Millwall's defence is close to the league average (1.01×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 1.79 goals (including home advantage).

How many goals Millwall score1.02

Attack: Millwall score close to the league average.

Opponent's defence: Middlesbrough's defence is close to the league average (0.85×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 1.02 goals (including the away penalty).

Most likely scorelines

2–110.9%2–010.4%1–110.2%

A single scoreline is always less likely than an outcome: “home win” is the sum of 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 and dozens more. So the most likely single score can be a draw while the most likely outcome is a home win; the two do not contradict each other.

Ratings were computed from 2289 matches played in this league before kick-off; the team with fewer has 190 matches. No data from after the match was used. The model's track record is published unfiltered.