Middlesbrough vs Sheffield Wednesday

26 December 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee A Backhouse

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 3–0

Ben Gannon-Doak 5’
Finn Azaz 15’, 30’

Svante Ingelsson 47’
Josh Windass 54’
Yan Valery 61’

Match summary

Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday drew 3-3. Middlesbrough led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ben Gannon-Doak put Middlesbrough ahead with a header in the 5th minute, Finn Azaz made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, and Azaz made it 3-0 in the 30th minute. In the second half, Svante Ingelsson pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 47th minute, Josh Windass made it 3-2 in the 54th minute, and Yan Valery equalised with a header in the 61st minute.

Sheffield Wednesday had the better of the chances, with 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Middlesbrough's 1.25 from 7. Middlesbrough had a player sent off.

Match stats

7 Shots 15

4 Shots on Target 5

1 Corners 9

0 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

1.29 xG 1.81

1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.81

Key events

Middlesbrough Sheffield Wednesday

Kick-off

Ben Gannon-Doak

1-0

5’

Finn Azaz

2-0

15’

Finn Azaz

3-0

30’

Half-time3-0

47’

Svante Ingelsson

3-1

54’

Josh Windass

3-2

61’

Yan Valery

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Middlesbrough

Rav van den Berg

Sheffield Wednesday

Yan Valery
Djeidi Gassama

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Middlesbrough 1.25 xGSheffield Wednesday 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sheffield Wednesday attacking Middlesbrough attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players


Solomon Brynn Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dael Fry	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rav van den Berg Sent off	55′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Neto Borges Taken off	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Daniel Barlaser	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hayden Hackney	90′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Ben Gannon-Doak Taken off	60′	1	–	1	0.73	–	–	–
Finn Azaz Taken off	59′	2	–	3	0.34	–	–	–
Delano Burgzorg	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tommy Conway Taken off	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Latte Lath Came on as a substitute	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Clarke Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Glover Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Isaiah Jones Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–


James Beadle	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dominic Iorfa	90′	–	–	1	0.26	–	–	–
Gabriel Otegbayo Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Max Lowe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yan Valery Taken off	76′	1	–	2	0.11	–	–
Shea Charles	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Barry Bannan	90′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Marvin Johnson	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Josh Windass Taken off	87′	1	–	3	0.64	–	–	–
Djeidi Gassama Taken off	87′	–	–	1	0.20	–	–
Jamal Lowe Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathaniel Chalobah Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Svante Ingelsson Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	2	0.32	–	–	–
Pol Valentín Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Smith Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ike Ugbo Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Middlesbrough win 52% Avg odds 1.81

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81

Sheffield Wednesday win 23% Avg odds 4.15

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Middlesbrough W D L W D

Sheffield Wednesday W D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Middlesbrough 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday, 01 Apr 24 Next meeting: Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Middlesbrough, 21 Apr 25 All Middlesbrough vs Sheffield Wednesday meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.