Every Middlesbrough game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Middlesbrough are 5-13-20 (13.2%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
Close-match proxy
How Middlesbrough compares in one-goal matches vs the full sample. Based on verified match results.
Close games (≤1 goal margin)
27 of 38 games match this window
Avg combined goals
- Close-match avg
- 1.6
- Season avg
- 2.1
- Pressure impact
- -0.5
Avg cards
- Close-match avg
- 24.1
- Season avg
- 23.4
- Pressure impact
- +0.7
Over rate
- Close-match avg
- 29.6%
- Season avg
- 44.7%
- Pressure impact
- -15.1 pp
Over benchmark: 2.1 combined goals · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 38 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
- Individual refs: stats for one official across all Middlesbrough games they worked, even with different partners.
- Team baseline: the Middlesbrough went 5-13-20 (13.2%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
- Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Middlesbrough.
Goals, fouls, and cards from football-data.co.uk match archives (3800 games, 10 seasons). Over/under vs the 2.5-goal line. 0 rows skipped. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.