Middlesbrough are putting faith in their home crowd to help them in this meeting versus Southampton. Who triumphs at Riverside Stadium?
- Middlesbrough have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Championship
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (17) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Middlesbrough and Southampton.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Middlesbrough have played three Championship home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
An away draw last time out for Middlesbrough, facing Sheffield Wednesday in a game that ended 1-1. Lenihan, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Lenihan scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Blackburn Rovers.The manager Carrick will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bradford City in only three days.
Middlesbrough have scored {1 goals} here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Middlesbrough have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton have six points from their first three away games in the Championship, meaning two victories and a loss.
The manager Martin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue St. Mary's Stadium. Southampton suffered a 0-1 loss to Ipswich Town (placed 2nd). Walker-Peters, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.52. Walker-Peters hit two key passes and won 12 of 18 duels.
A 1-4 loss hosting Leicester City before that.Southampton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). For Southampton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Middlesbrough victory, zero draws and three Southampton wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 4 goals |  C. Adams 3 goals |  S. Edozie 2 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Southampton missing players
| Middlesbrough | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6.9 | 8.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 8 | 8.3 |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.6 | 16.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 18.3 | 17.9 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 15% | 6% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 26% |
| 11.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.3 | 5 |
- All of Southampton's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Middlesbrough have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Middlesbrough have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Southampton have scored more than double the goals of Middlesbrough.
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (17) in Championship
- Southampton have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Championship
- Southampton have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Preston North End | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Southampton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Millwall | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 24 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
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