Bristol City 2-1 Middlesbrough — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 21 Feb 2025

📅21/02/2025 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
41%
2.19
Draw
28%
3.28
Away
31%
2.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5 OUR CALL
53%
1.8
Over 2.5
47%
1.91
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.75
No
50%
1.96
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
29%
2.99
2-3 Goals
39%
1.74
4-5 Goals
22%
3.65
6+ Goals
10%
15.5
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.99 — our 29% vs market 26.8%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
18%
3.31
1/2
7%
31.5
1/X
8%
13.4
X/1
14%
5.08
X/2
8%
6.11
X/X
15%
4.55
2/1
9%
27.0
2/2
16%
4.39
2/X
5%
13.7
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Under 2.5 — 53%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Under 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
41%
Home Win
41%
-0.9pp
28%
Draw
27%
+1.3pp
32%
Away Win
32%
-0.4pp
53%
Under 2.5
52%
+1.2pp
47%
Over 2.5
48%
-1.2pp
50%
BTTS Yes
53%
-2.8pp
50%
BTTS No
47%
+2.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Bristol City EU Bookmakers 46%
Head to Head
AWAY Middlesbrough EU Bookmakers 36%
-6% / -7% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -1% / +6%
1.26/1.10 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.36/1.19
-3% / +1% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +11% / -9%
48% Ball Possession 52%
12 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 5
290 · 73% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 337 · 75%
21.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.7
20.2 Crosses 17.1
1.5 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Bristol City
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Middlesbrough
2.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.54 xG 1.50
35% Ball Possession 65%
10 Total Shots 17
5 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 8
245 Passes 520
73% Pass Accuracy 85%
16 Box Touches 38
8 Crosses 27
2 Yellow Cards 2
19.10.2024 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 0-2 HT 0-2 Bristol City Bristol City İNCL
10.02.2024 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-2 HT 0-2 Bristol City Bristol City İNCL
25.11.2023 Bristol City Bristol City 3-2 HT 2-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
10.04.2023 Bristol City Bristol City 2-2 HT 1-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
05.11.2022 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 1-1 HT 0-1 Bristol City Bristol City İNCL
19.02.2022 Bristol City Bristol City 2-1 HT 1-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Bristol City
2-1
AWAY Middlesbrough
2.33 xG 1.38
62% Ball Possession 38%
21 Total Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 1
476 Passes 274
86% Pass Accuracy 79%
30 Box Touches 13
24 Crosses 3
0 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Bristol City vs Middlesbrough
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Bristol City edged past Middlesbrough 2-1. It was 0-1 at half-time, meaning the result turned around in the second half.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Bristol City as the likeliest winner at 41%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 47% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Bristol City had 62% of the ball to Middlesbrough's 38%, shots finished 21-11, expected goals 2.33 to 1.38.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Bristol City had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 2.00 goals for Bristol City and 1.17 for Middlesbrough.

What was the final score of Bristol City vs Middlesbrough?

Bristol City 2-1 Middlesbrough in the England - Championship on 21/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Bristol City vs Middlesbrough?

Before kick-off our model rated a Bristol City win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Bristol City 41%, draw 28%, Middlesbrough 32%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Bristol City) — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Bristol City) ✗ Under 2.5
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