West Brom vs Middlesbrough

26 August 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Simpson

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Cédric Kipré 22’
John Swift 28’
Brandon Thomas-Asante 47’
Jeremy Sarmiento 90+1’

Emmanuel Latte Lath 29’
Marcus Forss 85’ (pen)

Match summary

West Brom won 4-2 at home to Middlesbrough. West Brom led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Cédric Kipré put West Brom ahead in the 22nd minute, John Swift made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, and Emmanuel Latte Lath pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 29th minute. In the second half, Brandon Thomas-Asante made it 3-1 in the 47th minute, Marcus Forss made it 3-2 from the penalty spot in the 85th minute, and Jeremy Sarmiento made it 4-2 in stoppage time.

Middlesbrough can feel hard done by, creating 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to West Brom's 0.62 from 7. Middlesbrough had a player sent off.

Match stats

7 Shots 15

4 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

0.62 xG 1.79

0.62 Non-penalty xG 1.00

Key events

West Brom Middlesbrough

Kick-off

Cédric Kipré

1-0

22’

John Swift

2-0

28’

29’

Emmanuel Latte Lath

2-1

Half-time2-1

Brandon Thomas-Asante

3-1

47’

85’

Marcus Forss
Penalty

3-2

Jeremy Sarmiento

4-2

90+1’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

West Brom

Semi Ajayi
Jeremy Sarmiento

Middlesbrough

Tommy Smith
Morgan Rogers

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.

West Brom 0.62 xGMiddlesbrough 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Middlesbrough attacking West Brom attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Alex Palmer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Semi Ajayi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cédric Kipré	90′	1	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Erik Pieters	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Darnell Furlong	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jayson Molumby	90′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Okay Yokuşlu Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Phillips Taken off	64′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Jed Wallace Taken off	69′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Swift Taken off	81′	1	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Brandon Thomas-Asante Taken off	65′	1	–	1	0.27	–	–	–
Conor Townsend Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Mowatt Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Maja Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeremy Sarmiento Came on as a substitute	21′	1	–	1	0.08	–	–
Nathaniel Chalobah Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Seny Dieng	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tommy Smith Sent off	51′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dael Fry	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Darragh Lenihan	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lukas Engel	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Jonathan Howson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hayden Hackney	90′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Samuel Silvera Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Morgan Rogers Taken off	59′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Riley McGree Taken off	59′	–	–	1	0.13	–	–	–
Emmanuel Latte Lath Taken off	72′	1	–	2	0.35	–	–	–
Isaiah Jones Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	2	0.05	–	–	–
Paddy McNair Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Crooks Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcus Forss Came on as a substitute	18′	1	–	4	1.04	–	–	–

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

West Brom win 42% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.44

Middlesbrough win 30% Avg odds 3.14

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

Form going into the game

West Brom W L L W D

Middlesbrough L D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Brom 2-0 Middlesbrough, 25 Feb 23 Next meeting: Middlesbrough 1-0 West Brom, 23 Dec 23 All West Brom vs Middlesbrough 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.