Football betting preview: Middlesbrough vs Brentford

Middlesbrough and Brentford are both riding high in the Championship with their 7th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Brentford has the most scored goals (45) in Championship
Best bookmaker betting odds:

The visiting Brentford played their last game only three days ago, a Championship match.

D L L W L

Middlesbrough form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Middlesbrough at their home stadium (Riverside Stadium) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. With Middlesbrough having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager N. Warnock.

Middlesbrough are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 310 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by G. Saville).

Middlesbrough manager N. Warnock and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Norwich City (placed 1st) in the Championship. Preceding that match was a defeat to Rotherham United (0-3).

Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 9 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

D W D L W

Brentford form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Brentford, who have the most scored goals (45) in Championship, have produced an overall stat of 6-4-2 so far. Things are running smoothly for Brentford who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Stoke City. Brentford are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Brentford's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bristol City that finished 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 7-2 against Wycombe Wanderers.

Brentford has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Reading in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Brentford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Brentford as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Brentford - Middlesbrough 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Middlesbrough victories, three draws and four Brentford wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
18 goals
MiddlesbroughB. Assombalonga
B. Assombalonga
5 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
5 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Brentford missing players

Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 27 16 7 4 35 21 14 8 5 1 17 8 13 8 2 3 18 13 14 55
2 Swansea City 26 14 8 4 33 15 13 7 5 1 16 6 13 7 3 3 17 9 18 50
3 Brentford 25 13 9 3 45 24 13 7 5 1 26 13 12 6 4 2 19 11 21 48
4 Reading 26 14 5 7 40 29 13 9 0 4 22 13 13 5 5 3 18 16 11 47
5 Watford 27 13 8 6 31 20 14 10 2 2 24 11 13 3 6 4 7 9 11 47
6 AFC Bournemouth 27 11 9 7 40 26 13 7 3 3 22 12 14 4 6 4 18 14 14 42
7 Middlesbrough 27 11 7 9 30 24 13 7 2 4 15 9 14 4 5 5 15 15 6 40
8 Blackburn Rovers 26 11 6 9 41 28 13 6 4 3 20 13 13 5 2 6 21 15 13 39
9 Bristol City 26 12 3 11 27 28 13 7 2 4 14 11 13 5 1 7 13 17 -1 39
10 Stoke City 27 9 11 7 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 19 14 4 8 2 14 10 3 38
11 Preston North End 27 11 3 13 31 34 13 4 2 7 10 13 14 7 1 6 21 21 -3 36
12 Barnsley 27 10 6 11 29 34 13 6 3 4 16 15 14 4 3 7 13 19 -5 36
13 Luton Town 26 9 6 11 21 28 12 5 4 3 15 13 14 4 2 8 6 15 -7 33
14 Millwall 27 6 14 7 22 25 13 1 9 3 9 12 14 5 5 4 13 13 -3 32
15 Huddersfield Town 27 9 5 13 30 38 14 7 2 5 18 13 13 2 3 8 12 25 -8 32
16 Cardiff City 26 8 7 11 33 31 14 4 3 7 20 18 12 4 4 4 13 13 2 31
17 Queens Park Rangers 26 7 9 10 25 32 12 3 4 5 11 14 14 4 5 5 14 18 -7 30
18 Coventry City 27 7 9 11 26 37 13 5 5 3 15 15 14 2 4 8 11 22 -11 30
19 Nottingham Forest 27 7 8 12 22 30 14 4 5 5 14 14 13 3 3 7 8 16 -8 29
20 Derby County 26 7 7 12 17 25 14 3 4 7 7 15 12 4 3 5 10 10 -8 28
21 Birmingham City 27 6 10 11 19 31 14 2 3 9 9 23 13 4 7 2 10 8 -12 28
22 Sheffield Wednesday 26 8 7 11 18 26 13 5 5 3 10 8 13 3 2 8 8 18 -8 25
23 Rotherham United 24 6 5 13 27 35 12 3 3 6 16 18 12 3 2 7 11 17 -8 23
24 Wycombe Wanderers 25 3 7 15 18 42 13 2 5 6 8 14 12 1 2 9 10 28 -24 16

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 2 12 26
11 7 1 Won W 0 6 13
7 2 2 Drew D 2 4 10
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 3
30 15 3 Scored S 2 19 46
24 9 4 Conceded C 2 11 25
85% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
56% 54% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 77%
41% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 46%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
37% 23% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 62%
37% 46% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
41% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.8 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.9 11.7 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 18 13 13.2
2.9 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.3
38% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Brentford has the most scored goals (45) in Championship
  • Brentford has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Championship
  • Brentford has the the best goal difference (+21) in Championship
  • Brentford is in the best form (5-1-0)

Middlesbrough:
Brentford:
Championship:
England:
Bookie Middlesbrough Draw Brentford

More from England - Championship

Read more about Championship

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.