Football
Championship Championship
· Semi-finals
Southampton

Southampton

2–1

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

🏟 St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton
🟡 A. Madley
📋 Semi-finals
📅 2025

🤖 AI Predictions

Best Bet

Middlesbrough Win

3-Way Result

80%

confidence

Odds: 2.88 bookmaker Medium Risk

Assessing multiple metrics, the away team shows strong favor with a 75% h2h metric and a 73% goals metric supporting a Middlesbrough win. Season data reveals their defensive solidity (14 clean sheets vs Southampton’s 12) and robust attacking form (100% att in last 5) compared to Southampton’s 90% att. H2H results further solidify this with several away wins in recent encounters. Although both teams have identical recent form (60%), the combination of Poisson distribution (43% away) and defensive records drives our confidence. These convergent stats support an estimated 80% probability for a Middlesbrough win. The risk remains medium due to some mixed indicators like similar overall form percentages.

Best Value

Middlesbrough Win

3-Way Result

The best value option is also the Middlesbrough win in the 3-Way Result market, where the probability at 80% greatly exceeds the implied probability of roughly 34.7% from bookmaker odds of 2.88. Comparison metrics heavily favor the away side with 75% in h2h and 73% in goals metrics, reinforcing our outlook. Season statistics further support this with Middlesbrough’s stronger away attacking record and fewer goals conceded overall. The convergence of evidence results in a robust value edge, making this option attractive despite inherent risks. Given the high discrepancy between our predicted probability and the bookmaker’s implied probability, the value rating is a solid 5.

80%

prob.

2.88

odds

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3-Way Result

Middlesbrough Win

Away h2h metric at 75%

80%

odds 2.88

Double Chance

Draw/Away

Away goals metric at 73%

70%

odds 1.53

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Match Summary

Recent Form (last 5)

Southampton
Southampton
LDWWW
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
WDLDL

Current Standings

4
Southampton
Southampton
46 P 22 W 80 Pts
5
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
46 P 22 W 80 Pts

Head to Head

12 May 26
Southampton Southampton
2–1
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
H
9 May 26
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
0–0
Southampton Southampton
D
4 Jan 26
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
4–0
Southampton Southampton
H
27 Sept 25
Southampton Southampton
1–1
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
D
29 Mar 24
Southampton Southampton
1–1
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
D

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League Standings

# Team P W Pts
1
Coventry Coventry
46 28 95
2
Ipswich Ipswich
46 23 84
3
Millwall Millwall
46 24 83
4
Southampton Southampton
46 22 80
5
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
46 22 80
6
Hull City Hull City
46 21 73
7
Wrexham Wrexham
46 19 71
8
Derby Derby
46 20 69
9
Norwich Norwich
46 19 65
10
Birmingham Birmingham
46 17 64
11
Swansea Swansea
46 18 64
12
Bristol City Bristol City
46 17 62
13
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd
46 18 60
14
Preston Preston
46 15 60
15
QPR QPR
46 16 58
16
Watford Watford
46 14 57
17
Stoke City Stoke City
46 15 55
18
Portsmouth Portsmouth
46 14 55
19
Charlton Charlton
46 13 53
20
Blackburn Blackburn
46 13 52
21
West Brom West Brom
46 13 51
22
Oxford United Oxford United
46 11 47
23
Leicester Leicester
46 12 46
24
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
46 2 0
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