Championship · Matchday 9 Match report

Middlesbrough 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Middlesbrough

1-0Full time

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 10 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

Result Wolverhampton Wanderers win37% 1-0
Double chance Middlesbrough or Wolverhampton Wanderers (12)72% 1-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.561% 1 goal
More corners Middlesbrough51% Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-6)
Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.7
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 2.5 Over69% 3.5 Under53% 4.5 Under72%
Corners Around average 10 corners · league 10.6
Corners 10 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over55% 10.5 Under55%

Match stats

Middlesbrough Wolverhampton Wanderers

1 Goals 0
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
4 Corners 6

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Middlesbrough vs Wolverhampton Wanderers takes place in the Championship on Saturday 10 October 2026, Matchday 9. Our model backs an away win, with Middlesbrough or Wolverhampton Wanderers to win (no draw) as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model gives Wolverhampton Wanderers the edge because its long-run, xG-based strength rating places them slightly above Middlesbrough, with both clubs sitting clearly above the standard of the division. The counterweight is Middlesbrough at home, where their recent attacking output — shots, big chances and time spent in the opposition box — has run higher than the league average, and the big chances especially so. That said, no single argument settles it: the overall view is that Wolverhampton Wanderers' superior quality, plus a defence conceding fewer shots and big chances than most, just about swings the duel their way. The call is narrow.

Form guide

Middlesbrough

D 2-2 at Birmingham City (A) Championship · 19 Sep
D 2-2 vs Millwall (H) Championship · 15 Sep
W 4-3 vs Norwich City (H) Championship · 12 Sep
L 0-3 at Crystal Palace (A) EFL Cup · 8 Sep
W 1-0 at Queens Park Rangers (A) Championship · 5 Sep

Wolverhampton Wanderers

W 1-0 vs West Bromwich Albion (H) Championship · 20 Sep
L 0-1 at Everton (A) EFL Cup · 16 Sep
W 1-0 at Sheffield United (A) Championship · 13 Sep
D 2-2 at Birmingham City (A) Championship · 6 Sep
L 2-4 at West Ham United (A) Championship · 1 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

MiddlesbroughWolverhampton Wanderers

Attack 87 91 2.0 goals per match this season2.1 goals per match this season

Defence 78 96 1.5 conceded per match this season1.4 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.