Courtesy of data from WyScout, we’ve looked at the number of long balls each Championship club hit during the 2019-20 campaign to determine the most ‘route one’ teams.
So, where do Middlesbrough rank? Scroll and click through the pages to discover which teams played the most – and least – long passes, ranked from highest to lowest:
9. 16th - Reading - 2234
Average of 44.86 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Naomi Baker
10. 15th - Nottingham Forest - 2256
Average of 45.16 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Catherine Ivill
11. 14th - Millwall - 2300
Average of 46.34 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Warren Little
12. 13th - Birmingham City - 2318
Average of 46.74 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Ross Kinnaird