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:
17. 8th - Sheffield Wednesday - 2423
Average of 48.56 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Nigel Roddis
18. 7th - Wigan Athletic - 2451
Average of 49.09 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Ben Hoskins
19. 6th - Leeds United - 2457
Average of 49.46 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Michael Regan
20. 5th - Barnsley - 2495
Average of 50.17 long passes per 90 minutes. Photo: Mike Hewitt