Delightful dogfight as daring Middlesbrough duel with determined Norwich City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's leading antagonists are Middlesbrough and Norwich City, 3 points is the target and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (22) in Championship
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Middlesbrough at their home stadium (Riverside Stadium) is 11 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

Middlesbrough travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bristol City that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Bristol City last time out, but a goal from Crooks completed a comeback to a draw result for Middlesbrough. The Middlesbrough goalkeeper Steffen was crucial in the match against Bristol City last time out, making six saves. Smith, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Smith served one assist, hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Burnley that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Goal party? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has had three or more goals.

A decent goal production from Middlesbrough in their home games so far, with 37 goals from 20 league matches. Middlesbrough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Riverside Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 20 matches.

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Norwich City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Norwich City have produced an overall stat of 9-5-6 so far.

The Norwich City goalkeeper Angus Gunn is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 208 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Norwich's last game was the home draw against Rotherham United (0-0). Defender McCallum was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. McCallum won 9 of 12 duels.

Prior to that result Norwich City won their away game at Blackburn Rovers. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Norwich City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Norwich have scored 27 goals in 20 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (19 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Norwich City - Middlesbrough 1-2 was the product when these contenders last played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Middlesbrough won three games, one match ended with a tie and Norwich City have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
26 goals
Norwich CityJ. Sargent
J. Sargent
11 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Forss
M. Forss
10 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Norwich City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Norwich City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 20 41
20 11 3 Won W 3 9 17
8 6 1 Drew D 1 5 10
13 3 2 Lost L 2 6 14
74 37 11 Scored S 12 27 54
50 16 7 Conceded C 7 19 42
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
83% 75% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 60% 66%
66% 55% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 44%
41% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 22%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 10%
63% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 49%
24% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 29%
17% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 25% 32%
 
6.1 6.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 6.7 6.4
4.2 4.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5 4.2
2 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.6 12.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 11.8 13.5
4.2 4.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 4
43% 40% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 37% 33%
 
10.3 8.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.4 11
3.8 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (14) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (27) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most points from losing position (22) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Championship
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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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 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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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.