Wrexham AFC vs Middlesbrough FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Wrexham AFC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship at Racecourse Ground.
- Wrexham AFC 46 games · 71 pts (2025/26)
- Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Oliver Langford
- Assistant 1 Emily Carney (England)
- Assistant 2 Andrew Fox
24 games this season 🟨 0.2/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Middlesbrough FC H 2–2 D 26 Apr Coventry City FC A 1–3 L 21 Apr Oxford United FC A 1–0 W 18 Apr Stoke City FC H 2–0 W 12 Apr Birmingham City FC A 0–2 L 07 Apr Southampton FC H 1–5 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Wrexham AFC A 2–2 D 25 Apr Watford FC H 5–1 W 22 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–0 W 19 Apr Ipswich Town FC A 2–2 D 11 Apr Portsmouth FC H 0–1 L 06 Apr Swansea City AFC A 2–2 D Season Stats
Wrexham AFC Middlesbrough FC #7 Position #5 71 Points 80 46 Played 46 19 / 14 / 13 W / D / L 22 / 14 / 10 69 Scored 72 65 Conceded 47 +4 GD +25 1.54 PPG 1.74 41% Win % 48% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Wrexham AFC this season29% Clean Sheets
Middlesbrough FC this seasonWrexham AFC are 7th (71 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Wrexham AFC0-15–/216-302/231-455/246-601/161-751/276+–/4■ Scored ■ ConcededMiddlesbrough FC0-155/–16-302/331-452/346-601/261-753/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Wrexham AFCJosh Windass 15 G 5 A Kieffer Moore 11 G 3 A Sam Smith 8 G 2 A Middlesbrough FCMorgan Whittaker 14 G 7 A Tommy Conway 13 G 5 A David Strelec 8 G 2 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Wrexham AFC and Middlesbrough FC is underway.
- 4' Goal! Tommy Conway scores his 24 goal in 377 matches.
- 9' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Wrexham AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 14' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 19' Middlesbrough FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 24' Middlesbrough FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker David Strelec scoring 1 goals.
- 28' What an equalizer from Josh Windass!
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' Middlesbrough FC is showing some good football. However, Middlesbrough FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 41' Sam Smith puts Wrexham AFC on the lead.
- 43' Goal! David Strelec scores his 12 goal in 63 matches.
- 48' George Dobson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 53' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 58' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 63' Dan Scarr has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 68' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Middlesbrough FC that had 372 games and scored 376 goals.
- 73' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 73 minutes.
- 78' It looks surprising Middlesbrough FC does not make any changes. Danny Ward has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 83' Middlesbrough FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 83.
- 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matt Targett made 337 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Wrexham AFC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 21
- 37
- 24
- 15
- 10
- 28
- 20
- 5
- 12
- 14
- 2
Bench
- 19
- 27
- 18
- 13
- 33
- 4
- 47
- 7
- 1
Coach Phil ParkinsonMiddlesbrough FC Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 2
- 3
- 16
- 6
- 12
- 13
- 11
- 31
- 18
- 29
- 9
Bench
- 25
- 8
- 27
- 20
- 22
- 45
- 14
- 32
- 23
Coach Kim Hellberg -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sam Smith 1 David Strelec 1 Tommy Conway 1 Josh Windass 1 Head to Head
Wrexham AFC Form
Middlesbrough FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.58 Wrexham AFC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.77 Middlesbrough FC xGI would bet for: Wrexham AFC or Middlesbrough FC 75% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.35Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 64% 36% ± 3.5 43% 57% ± 4.5 25% 75% Double Chance
Wrexham AFC or Draw 62%Draw or Middlesbrough FC 63%Wrexham AFC or Middlesbrough FC 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.7%1 – 2 8.4%2 – 1 7.5%2 – 2 Actual0 – 1 5.5%0 – 2 5.5%0 – 0 5%1 – 3 4.9%1 – 0 4.9%2 – 0 4.4%3 – 1 3.9%2 – 3 3.9%Asian Handicap — Wrexham AFC
Handicap Wrexham AFC covers Push Middlesbrough FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 10% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 17% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 19% 22% +1.5 78% — 22% +2 78% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Wrexham AFC keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Middlesbrough FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.