Middlesbrough 0-1 Millwall
Key events
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Millwall- R. Esse
MiddlesbroughFT 0–1
Venue
Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough · England
- Address
- Dockside Road
- Surface
- grass
- Capacity
- 34988
Match
G. Ward
Round 1
- Referee
- G. Ward
- Round
- 1
- Date
Competition
League · England
- Country
- England (GB-ENG)
- Season
- 2023
- Dates
- 2023-08-04 → 2024-05-26
Match statistics
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Visual snapshot of possession, chance quality, and shooting.
Possession
68%68%32%32%
Expected goals (xG)
0.7438%1.2362%
Total shots
1657%1243%
Shots on target
250%250%
Team form & competition
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- #8 Position
- 69 Points
- 20-9-17 W-D-L
- 71/62 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 4-0 / 0-4
- Worst defeats
- 1-3 / 3-0
- #13 Position
- 59 Points
- 16-11-19 W-D-L
- 45/55 Goals F/A
- Best wins
- 3-0 / 0-4
- Worst defeats
- 0-4 / 3-1
Head to head
View all8Middlesbroughwins
6Drawsmatches
6Millwallwins
Recorded meetings: 20 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
- Highest scoring
- Millwall 1–5 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough most goals
- Millwall 1–5 Middlesbrough
- Millwall most goals
- Millwall 3–1 Middlesbrough
Match headlines
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Millwall created the clearer chances on xG (0.74 vs 1.23, Δ 0.49). Middlesbrough fired more attempts (16 vs 12 shots). Middlesbrough held more of the ball (68% possession).
Middlesbrough underperformed their xG by 0.7 goals (0 scored vs 0.74 xG).