Will Lankshear: 7 goals in 5 league matches
Goals7
xG3.46
Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.5).
Match Centre: Wrexham vs Middlesbrough
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Wrexham
20:45
Wed 4 Nov · your time
in 8 h 26 min
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Middlesbrough
Sat 17 Oct · Championshipat home
Wrexham4:1Preston North End
Worrall 31'Whiteman 42'Smith 59'Moore 63'
Devine 36'
Tue 13 Oct · Championshipat home
Wrexham1:2West Bromwich Albion
Moore 64'
Price 79'Heggebø 84'
Sat 31 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough3:0Charlton Athletic
Berhalter 12'Lankshear 44', 82'
Fri 23 Oct · Championshipaway
Bolton Wanderers1:5Middlesbrough
Bair 45+2'
Morris 13'Lankshear 31', 78'Brunt 39' (og)Cozier-Duberry 73'
Sat 17 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough2:2Cardiff City
Conway 58'Lankshear 61'
Moylan 22'Tanner 45+1'
Tue 13 Oct · Championshipaway
Stoke City2:3Middlesbrough
Borges 50' (og)Boženík 85'
Brittain 48'Lankshear 73'Borges 90+1'
Sat 10 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough1:0Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lankshear 57'
Six of the Round · Championship Golden minute
Pre-match chances
26% Wrexham
25% draw
Middlesbrough 48%
Pre-match result forecast (provider data).
Where to watch: Paramount+
Stadium: Racecourse Ground, Racecourse Ground
Referee: Oliver Langford
What to watch for
Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.
Middlesbrough unbeaten in 8 matches
WDDWWDWW
All competitions, friendlies excluded: 5 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.
Last meeting, 7 August: Middlesbrough – Wrexham 1:0
DDW
Middlesbrough are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.
Middlesbrough: a match for the title
34%after a loss
46%after a win
Title chances: 34% after a defeat, 46% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).
Oliver Langford: 3.7 yellow cards per match
3.7 yellow cards per match
This season in this competition: 6 matches, no red card, no penalty.
Middlesbrough score 2.8 goals per match
Wrexham1.2
Middlesbrough2.8
Last 5 matches in all competitions. Wrexham score 1.2.
Players to watch
Championship, this season.
Kieffer Moore
Wrexham · forward
5goals
2assists
7.24avg rating
Last match, Sheffield United: rating 6.7.
Will Lankshear
Middlesbrough · forward
13goals
0assists
7.39avg rating
Last match, Charlton Athletic: 2 goals, rating 8.4.
Who is out
Injuries and suspensions
Wrexham
- Sebastian RevanInjured · return date unknown
Middlesbrough
- Alfie JonesInjured · return date unknown
- David StrelecInjured · return date unknown
- Rokas PukstasInjured · return date unknown
Recent matches
Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.
“This set-up” is Wrexham at home and Middlesbrough away, as in this match.
Wrexham
all matches · 10
3W3D4L1.2scored per match1.5conceded per match
at home · 10
4W3D3L1.7scored per match1.5conceded per match
away · 10
2W3D5L0.7scored per match1.5conceded per match
away · 10
2W3D5L0.6scored per match1.3conceded per match
- 30 Oct Sheffield UnitedAChampionship 1:0L
- 24 Oct Blackburn RoversAChampionship 2:0L
- 17 Oct Preston North EndHChampionship 4:1W
- 13 Oct West Bromwich AlbionHChampionship 1:2L
- 10 Oct Derby CountyAChampionship 1:1D
- 19 Sep SouthamptonHChampionship 2:1W
- 11 Sep West Ham UnitedAChampionship 6:0L
- 8 Sep BurnleyHChampionship 1:1D
- 5 Sep Swansea CityAChampionship 0:0D
- 2 Sep MillwallAChampionship 0:3W
- 28 Aug Birmingham CityHChampionship 1:2L
- 22 Aug WatfordHChampionship 1:1D
- 17 Aug Cardiff CityAChampionship 1:1D
- 7 Aug MiddlesbroughACarabao Cup 1:0L
- 30 Jul LiverpoolAFriendly 1:0L
- 18 Jul Manchester UnitedAFriendly 0:1W
- 2 May MiddlesbroughHChampionship 2:2D
- 26 Apr Coventry CityAChampionship 3:1L
- 21 Apr Oxford UnitedAChampionship 0:1W
- 18 Apr Stoke CityHChampionship 2:0W
- 7 Apr SouthamptonHChampionship 1:5L
- 13 Mar Swansea CityHChampionship 2:0W
Sat 17 Oct · Championshipat home
Wrexham4:1Preston North End
Worrall 31'Whiteman 42'Smith 59'Moore 63'
Devine 36'
Tue 13 Oct · Championshipat home
Wrexham1:2West Bromwich Albion
Moore 64'
Price 79'Heggebø 84'
Sat 19 Sep · Championshipat home
Wrexham2:1Southampton
Moore 35'Schlotterbeck 89' (og)
Ward-Prowse 50'
Fri 11 Sep · Championshipaway
West Ham United6:0Wrexham
Bowen 28'Piroe 37'Mavropanos 48'Castellanos 63'Kanté 76'Solomon 82'
Fri 28 Aug · Championshipat home
Wrexham1:2Birmingham City
Doyle 54'
Neumann 13', 63'
Sat 2 May · Championshipat home
Wrexham2:2Middlesbrough
Windass 28'Smith 41'
Conway 4'Strelec 43'
Sun 26 Apr · Championshipaway
Coventry City3:1Wrexham
Thomas-Asante 19'Torp 80'Mason-Clark 90+4'
Rathbone 25'
Tue 7 Apr · Championshipat home
Wrexham1:5Southampton
Windass 34'
Matsuki 12'Downes 22'Larin 61'Stewart 81'Azaz 83'
Fri 13 Mar · Championshipat home
Wrexham2:0Swansea City
Broadhead 25'Cullen 88' (og)
Middlesbrough
all matches · 10
6W3D1L2.3scored per match1.5conceded per match
at home · 10
7W3D0L2.3scored per match1.0conceded per match
away · 10
4W2D4L1.7scored per match1.5conceded per match
- 31 Oct Charlton AthleticHChampionship 3:0W
- 23 Oct Bolton WanderersAChampionship 1:5W
- 17 Oct Cardiff CityHChampionship 2:2D
- 13 Oct Stoke CityAChampionship 2:3W
- 10 Oct Wolverhampton WanderersHChampionship 1:0W
- 19 Sep Birmingham CityAChampionship 2:2D
- 15 Sep MillwallHChampionship 2:2D
- 12 Sep Norwich CityHChampionship 4:3W
- 8 Sep Crystal PalaceACarabao Cup 3:0L
- 5 Sep Queens Park RangersAChampionship 0:1W
- 2 Sep BurnleyAChampionship 1:1D
- 29 Aug West Bromwich AlbionHChampionship 3:1W
- 25 Aug Doncaster RoversACarabao Cup 1:3W
- 22 Aug Blackburn RoversAChampionship 2:1L
- 15 Aug Lincoln CityHChampionship 2:1W
- 7 Aug WrexhamHCarabao Cup 1:0W
- 23 May Hull CityAChampionship 1:0L
- 12 May SouthamptonAChampionship 2:1L
- 9 May SouthamptonHChampionship 0:0D
- 25 Apr WatfordHChampionship 5:1W
Sat 31 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough3:0Charlton Athletic
Berhalter 12'Lankshear 44', 82'
Fri 23 Oct · Championshipaway
Bolton Wanderers1:5Middlesbrough
Bair 45+2'
Morris 13'Lankshear 31', 78'Brunt 39' (og)Cozier-Duberry 73'
Sat 17 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough2:2Cardiff City
Conway 58'Lankshear 61'
Moylan 22'Tanner 45+1'
Tue 13 Oct · Championshipaway
Stoke City2:3Middlesbrough
Borges 50' (og)Boženík 85'
Brittain 48'Lankshear 73'Borges 90+1'
Sat 10 Oct · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough1:0Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lankshear 57'
Sat 19 Sep · Championshipaway
Birmingham City2:2Middlesbrough
Millar 55'McGree 59' (og)
Arfsten 45'Malanda 88'
Tue 15 Sep · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough2:2Millwall
Cozier-Duberry 50'Lankshear 61'
Arconte 11'Dykes 36'
Sat 12 Sep · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough4:3Norwich City
Berhalter 4', 36'Cozier-Duberry 7'Phillips 90+1'
Touré 1'Makama 70'Wright 75'
Tue 8 Sep · Carabao Cupaway
Crystal Palace3:0Middlesbrough
Larsen 37', 53'Kamada 72'
Sat 29 Aug · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough3:1West Bromwich Albion
Lankshear 48', 73'Jones 87'
Morgan 65'
Tue 25 Aug · Carabao Cupaway
Doncaster Rovers1:3Middlesbrough
Hutchinson 90+2'
Joseph 34'Lankshear 78'Sarmiento 87'
Sat 22 Aug · Championshipaway
Blackburn Rovers2:1Middlesbrough
Gudjohnsen 49'Cantwell 55'
Sarmiento 12'
Sat 15 Aug · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough2:1Lincoln City
Lankshear 62', 90+1'
Reach 12'
Tue 12 May · Championshipaway
Southampton2:1Middlesbrough
Stewart 45+1'Charles 116'
McGree 5'
Sat 25 Apr · Championshipat home
Middlesbrough5:1Watford
Whittaker 6', 58'Strelec 45+1'Conway 75' (p), 90+2'
Abankwah 48'
Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 5.6 · 7.6; cards 1.6 · 1.4
Head to head
3 meetings since 2025.
Last time · 7 Aug 2026 · Carabao Cup
Middlesbrough 1:0 Wrexham
Lankshear 61'
0wins
1wins
2 draws2.3 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 3
0wins
0wins
1 draw4.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 1
0wins
1wins
1 draw1.5 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2
Expected lineups
The data provider's expected XI.
APPatterson
MCCleworth
JWWorrall
CDDoyle
IKKaboré
MJJames
BSSheaf
JEEkomié
LOO'Brien
COO'Hare
KMMoore
RVVitek
NBBorges
AMMalanda
APPhillips
CBBrittain
SBBerhalter
AMMorris
TCConway
RMMcGree
ADCozier-Duberry
WLLankshear
WrexhamMiddlesbrough
When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.
Out
Wrexham: Sebastian RevanMiddlesbrough: Alfie Jones, David Strelec, Rokas Pukstas
Coaches
Phil ParkinsonWrexham Kim HellbergMiddlesbrough
Full squads (36 players)
Wrexham
Goalkeepers
- 21 Danny Ward
Defenders
- 5 Dominic Hyam
- 24 Dan Scarr
- 26 Zak Vyner
- 30 Danny Imray
- 34 Aaron James
Midfielders
- 8 Ben Whiteman
- 10 Josh Windass
- 14 George Thomason
- 15 George Dobson
- 47 Ryan Longman
Forwards
- 7 Davis Keillor-Dunn
- 11 Bailey Cadamarteri
- 20 Oliver Rathbone
- 28 Sam Smith
- 33 Nathan Broadhead
- 50 Samuel Chesworth Wrexham U18
Squad
Middlesbrough
Goalkeepers
- 31 Sol Brynn
Defenders
- 3 Sam Byram
- 5 Alfie Jones
- 12 Luke Ayling
- 17 Max Arfsten
- 25 George Edmundson
Midfielders
- 11 Morgan Whittaker
- 14 Myles Peart-Harris
- 18 Connor Barron
- 19 Leo Castledine
- 21 Rokas Pukstas
- 42 Abdoulaye Kanté
- 44 Cruz Ibeh
- 46 Finlay Cartwright
Forwards
- 13 David Strelec
- 16 J. Sarmiento
- 22 Kyle Joseph
Squad
Player intelligence
Player comparison
Who wins?
The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.
26%Wrexham
25%draw
48%Middlesbrough
Out of 20 matches like this, Wrexham win 5, 5 end level and Middlesbrough win 10.
The forecast leans to Middlesbrough. By Volt (strength from league results) Middlesbrough rate higher: 49.6 and 62.9.
Likeliest scores
The five likeliest from the score grid.
- 1:111%
- 0:19%
- 1:29%
- 0:27%
- 1:07%
How many goals?
The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.
- 2+ goals77% Wrexham 8 of 10 · Middlesbrough 8 of 10
- 3+ goals55% Wrexham 5 of 10 · Middlesbrough 8 of 10
- 4+ goals33% Wrexham 2 of 10 · Middlesbrough 6 of 10
- 5+ goals19% Wrexham 2 of 10 · Middlesbrough 3 of 10
Goals at both ends
Chance that each side scores: 57%.
What this match changes in the season
Each club's chance in its part of the table, after each result.
Club
today
after a defeat
after a draw
after a win
Wrexham
relegation risk
today 5%
- after a defeat
- 6%
- after a draw
- 4%
- after a win
- 3%
Middlesbrough
title chance
today 40%
- after a defeat
- 34%
- after a draw
- 38%
- after a win
- 46%
Middlesbrough: 12 percentage points of title chance between a win and a defeat.
From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count
Pro analysis
Pro free — today
The Pro analysis did not arrive. That is a fault on our side, not missing data for this fixture.
Match sheet
- Kick-off
- Wednesday 4 November, 20:45Your time · in 8 h 26 min
- Where to watch
- Paramount+ USA · change country
- Stadium
- Racecourse Ground Racecourse Ground · show map
- Referee
- Oliver Langford 🇪🇳 3.7 yellow cards per match · This season · 6 matches
- Rest
- Wrexham 5 days · Middlesbrough 4 days Both last played: Championship
- Table
- 19. Wrexham (14 pts) and 1. Middlesbrough (28 pts) Matchday 14 of 46
- Weather
- 7°Clight rainwind 20 km/h
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