Middlesbrough manager Carrick looking for three points in Millwall showdown

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

It's square one in Championship - the first match of the season. Read this full preview and see how Middlesbrough and Millwall did in their pre-season training matches!

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The previous season, Middlesbrough's league stats were 22 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 4th spot in the Championship. From these 46 matches they scored {84 goals} and gave away 56. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Middlesbrough delivered 13-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with {46 goals} and 19 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.

The manager Carrick will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Huddersfield Town in only three days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Middlesbrough, who have participated in seven training matches. Middlesbrough have won 2 of these, drawn 3 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Millwall form and stats

Let's have a look at how Millwall performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 11 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 23/28 goals scored/conceded.

Millwall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

A new game in only three days for Millwall, the Carabao Cup home match versus Reading. Busy days.

Millwall played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these four matches Millwall scored 8 and conceded {4 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Middlesbrough wins - draws - Millwall wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Middlesbrough Last season Millwall
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
22 13   Won W   8 19
10 7   Drew D   5 11
16 4   Lost L   10 16
84 46   Scored S   23 57
57 20   Conceded C   28 50
94% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
79% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 67%
62% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 39%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
15% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 13%
62% 58%   BTTS BTTS   39% 41%
23% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 33%
21% 12%   Failed to Score F T   43% 37%
 
6.1 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.5
4.1 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.7
3 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.2 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.3
4.1 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.1
43% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 30%
 
10.1 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 10.8
3.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Birmingham City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bristol City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hull City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Middlesbrough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Millwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Norwich City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Preston North End 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rotherham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Southampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Stoke City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Watford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 West Bromwich Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.