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Predicted Middlesbrough XI @ Blackburn

Final 1-2 Blackburn@williampeake called 9/11CHA

● Predicted XI · Middlesbrough @ Blackburn
Vítek
Ayling
Brittain
Malanda
Arfsten
Whittaker
Berhalter
Castledine
Sarmiento
Lankshear
Joseph
4-4-2
How it finished

Called the Whittaker wildcard

Didn't start · 2
  • CastledineCM
  • JosephST

Green ring = started · red ring = didn't make the XI.

Scored against the confirmed XI
This XI
9/11
You beat the Oracle.
Fans' XI
9/11
3 predictions
Oracle
7/11
our model

Has beaten the Oracle in 3 of 5 scored XIs.

The difference · Against the official XI

9 of 11 named, 2 missed

Started, not picked
  • Morris#10
  • Peart-Harris#14
Picked, didn't start
  • Castledine#19
  • Joseph#22

Compared against the official XI as published for this fixture.

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The Oracle · Predicted XI model

Agrees with the Oracle on 9 of 11

Only in this XI
  • Arfsten
  • Sarmiento
The Oracle has instead
  • Borges
  • Kanté

Middlesbrough deploy a 4-2-2-2 shape with all 11 unchanged in this revision. Seven departures from the previous forecast see R. Vítek, Neto Borges, A. Kanté, S. Berhalter, Leo Castledine, W. Lankshear and K. Joseph arrive in the away line-up.

The Oracle has averaged 7.9 of 11 across 172 resolved Championship XIs. It predicts every fixture and is scored the same way you are. Meet the Oracle.

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