Championship
Middlesbrough are 1st in the Championship with 28 points from 14 league games. Middlesbrough in numbers: the home and away split and the head to head with the rivals, with the bets that stand out.
Middlesbrough
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There was never any glamour in the plan at Middlesbrough. The club has been around since 1876, it shares its name with the place it calls home and it plays in the Championship, a league where nobody gets an easy afternoon. That grind suits them. Back them on their strengths, treat the dreadful spells as noise, and you will usually find the price on a stubborn side is fairer than the table suggests.
Middlesbrough sit top of the Championship, one point clear of second place.
In addition, at 2.1 goals per game, Middlesbrough's attack is ahead of the 1.47 league average.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 14 |
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| 8 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 30 |
| 19 |
| +11 |
| 28 |
| – |
| 2 | Wolves | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 27 | −1 |
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| 3 | Birmingham | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 26 | −2 |
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| 4 | Stoke City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 26 | −2 |
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| 5 | Swansea | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 26 | −2 |
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| 6 | West Brom | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 25 | −3 |
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| 7 | Southampton | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 24* | −4 |
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League average this season: 1.47 goals scored per team per game, 2.9 per match (all 24 clubs' goals over their games played). * Points differ from three per win and one per draw: Southampton −4 (a points deduction or adjustment).
Good against the best: 7 points from three matches against top-six sides for Middlesbrough (all competitions).
And Middlesbrough have taken 10 points from their last five games: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | A | Wrexham (A) | 0–2 | L | |
| Championship | H | Charlton (H) | 3–0 | W | |
| Championship | A | Bolton (A) | 5–1 | W | |
| Championship | H | Cardiff (H) | 2–2 | D | |
| Championship | A | Stoke City (A) | 3–2 | W | |
| Championship | H | Wolves (H) | 1–0 | W | |
| Championship | A | Birmingham (A) | 2–2 | D | |
| Championship | H | Millwall (H) | 2–2 | D | |
| Championship | H | Norwich (H) | 4–3 | W | |
| England League Cup | A | Crystal Palace (A) | 0–3 | L |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last seven home games (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 2.43 |
| Away | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1.57 |
| All | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 2.00 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
The goals have started to flow for Middlesbrough, with 2.6 per game across the last five against 1.7 earlier (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Total goals per game | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 65% | 80% | 60% |
| Both teams scored | 65% | 60% | 67% |
| Clean sheets | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Failed to score | 15% | 20% | 13% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Championship average this season is 2.9 goals per match. Across 169 finished Championship matches this season, 62% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 62%. In Middlesbrough's 14 Championship matches, 71% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 71%.
Will Lankshear has 14 goals in 15 appearances for Middlesbrough, 0.9 a game on average (all competitions).
A. Cozier-Duberry leads Middlesbrough's creators with 5 assists (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Lankshear | 15 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| A. Cozier-Duberry | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Sebastian Berhalter | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Jeremy Sarmiento | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Aidan Morris | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Conway | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
All competitions since 14 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Watford, next up for Middlesbrough, have lost 3 of their last 5.
Also, bookmakers price Middlesbrough at 1.45 to win away at Watford.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | A | Watford (A) | 20th | LWLLW | |
| Championship | H | Bristol City (H) | 15th | LLDWL | |
| Championship | H | Swansea (H) | 5th | WLLWL | |
| Championship | A | Southampton (A) | 7th | WDWWD | |
| Championship | H | Derby (H) | 23rd | LDLLW |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Back them at home | Strong points per game at home (home and away table above) |
| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
A history of near-misses, one near-death experience and plenty of stubbornness: that is Middlesbrough. The club turned professional in 1889, reverted to amateur status in 1892 and finally committed for good in 1899. Jack Charlton took over in 1973 and guided them back to the top flight. Then came 1986, when Steve Gibson helped bring together a consortium that completed the Football League registration with 10 minutes to spare. The rescue paid off. Middlesbrough were among the founders of the new FA Premier League in 1992–93, going down after a single season, and in 2006 two late comebacks from 3–0 down against FC Basel and Steaua Bucharest sent them into the UEFA Cup final, where Sevilla won 4–0 in Eindhoven. Relegation arrived in 2008–09 and again in 2017.
Supporters named the Riverside Stadium themselves, by vote, when the club moved in during 1995. It holds 34,742, began life as a 30,000-seater built for £16 million and was upgraded for the 2016–17 season to meet Premier League requirements. Before it came Ayresome Park, home from 1903 for 92 years, designed by Archibald Leitch, a venue at the 1966 FIFA World Cup and demolished in 1997 to make way for houses. From 2013–14 away fans sat in the South East corner while home supporters filled the space behind both goals, the idea being to turn the volume up.
The team every Middlesbrough supporter most wants to beat is Newcastle United. That is the Tyne–Tees derby, the fixture with the sharpest edge. Sunderland come next, the opposition in the Tees–Wear derby, and a planetfootball.com survey in 2004 added Leeds United to the list. None of it is subtle. Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds: the order matters to the fans, even if the bookmakers shrug. Rivalry games have a habit of tearing up the form guide, so league positions tell you less than usual. Treat any of these as its own market, with a different kind of nerve, a hostile crowd and a long memory on both sides. Price the occasion before the teams, and do not be shocked when the table-topper gets a fright.
| Rival | P | W | D | L | Goals/game | Last met |
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| Sunderland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | |
| Leeds | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 |
