Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 9 Aug 2025

Middlesbrough 1–0 Swansea City

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.7 – 1.0
Actual xG
0.3 – 0.1
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot made Middlesbrough favourites at 54%.

Middlesbrough won a close one on the chances: 0.3 xG to 0.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Dael Fry, 52.4 in 90′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Middlesbrough

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Swansea City

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Middlesbrough

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Dael Fry Defender90100.1452.4–
Solomon Brynn Goalkeeper9000–51.1–
Aidan Morris Midfielder9000–40.6–
Tommy Conway Forward8900–39.4–
Marcus Forss Forward800–35.6–
Alfie Jones Defender9000–34.9–
Luke Ayling Defender9000–34.6–
Morgan Whittaker Midfielder90010.0332.7–
Delano Burgzorg Forward71000.0532.4–
Hayden Hackney Midfielder90000.1331.2–
Samuel Silvera Midfielder9000–28.3–
Abdoulaye Kanté Midfielder1900–27.0–
Callum Brittain Defender8200–21.9–
Neto Borges Defender800–10.6–

Swansea City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Kaelan Casey Defender1500–73.6–
Lawrence Vigouroux Goalkeeper9000–47.2–
Ben Cabango Defender7500–46.9–
Josh Key Defender9000–45.1–
Ji-sung Eom Midfielder6300–40.6–
Jay Fulton Midfielder9000–39.5–
Gonçalo Franco Midfielder90000.0539.3–
Ronald Midfielder71000.0138.1–
Žan Vipotnik Forward2700–37.9–
Ethan Galbraith Midfielder6300–37.7–
Zeidane Inoussa Forward2700–37.1–
Liam Cullen Forward90000.0436.6–
Melker Widell Midfielder1900–36.3–
Josh Tymon Defender9000–34.0–
Cameron Burgess Defender9000–33.3–