Championship 26/27 · 5 Sep 2026

Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Middlesbrough

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot saw it as open: Queens Park Rangers 35%, the draw 28%, Middlesbrough 37%.

Middlesbrough won and made the better chances: 2.4 xG to 1.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ilias Chair, 67.3 in 14′.

Player	Min	xG	Score
Ilias Chair Midfielder	14	–	67.3
Tariq Lamptey Defender	23	0.03	65.9
Glen Kamara Midfielder	23	–	65.4
Pierce Charles Goalkeeper	90	–	58.3
Harvey Vale Midfielder	90	0.19	51.2
Paul Smyth Midfielder	90	0.04	49.6
Jimmy Dunne Defender	90	–	47.9
Dennis Cirkin Defender	67	0.02	45.4
Amadou Salif Mbengue Defender	90	0.21	44.7
Jake Clarke-Salter Defender	67	–	41.8
Ronnie Edwards Defender	90	0.11	41.8
Kwame Poku Midfielder	67	0.09	40.9
Koki Saito Midfielder	76	0.05	38.5
Richard Kone Forward	39	–	35.7
Rumarn Burrell Forward	51	0.23	34.3
Nicolas Madsen Midfielder	23	–	31.9

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Will Lankshear Forward	55	1	0	1.42	64.9
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	55.9
Maximilian Arfsten Midfielder	71	0	0	–	55.2
Sebastian Berhalter Midfielder	84	0	0	0.05	54.4
Riley McGree Midfielder	55	0	0	0.12	50.2
Luke Ayling Defender	18	0	0	0.03	50.2
Neto Borges Defender	90	0	0	0.03	47.5
Aidan Morris Midfielder	90	0	0	0.10	47.4
Tommy Conway Forward	35	0	0	0.41	47.1
Alfie Jones Defender	19	0	0	–	46.6
Ashley Phillips Defender	72	0	0	–	45.4
Adilson Malanda Defender	90	0	0	0.04	43.9
Rokas Pukštas Midfielder	13	0	0	–	41.0
Callum Brittain Defender	90	0	1	0.12	40.8
Myles Peart-Harris Midfielder	35	0	0	–	39.7
Kyle Joseph Forward	90	0	0	0.07	37.0