Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in the Championship, with Will Lankshear's early goal settling the match. QPR had more of the ball, 52% to 48%, and matched Middlesbrough with 16 total shots, but they could not find a way through.
Lankshear put Middlesbrough ahead in the 20th minute, with Callum Brittain providing the assist. The second half brought three bookings, at 58, 76 and 90 minutes through Adilson Malanda, Brittain and Glen Kamara, but no further goals.
The scoreline reflected Middlesbrough's superiority in the key moments: they created five big chances to QPR's one and posted an expected-goals figure of 2.39 to 0.97. Both goalkeepers made five saves, but QPR wasted their major chance, while Middlesbrough took one of theirs.
