AFC Bournemouth supporters put their faith in manager Parker to deliver victory against Middlesbrough

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's starring roles are AFC Bournemouth and Middlesbrough, 3 points is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

AFC Bournemouth and Middlesbrough should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vitality Stadium as AFC Bournemouth have scored 38 goals to get 38 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 11-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 189 minutes without scoring a league goal. Dembele was the last player to find the net.

AFC Bournemouth shared the glory with Sheffield United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Kelly got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Kelly hit the woodwork once and won 11 of 15 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Bromwich Albion (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bournemouth handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and one defeat.

AFC Bournemouth are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Coventry City awaits in three days.

AFC Bournemouth have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Middlesbrough playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Middlesbrough love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The attacking players of Middlesbrough have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Middlesbrough have lots to to correct after their unexpected defeat (0-1) to Hull City in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. Midfielder Tavernier was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Tavernier dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Fulham.

Middlesbrough are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

After this away game Middlesbrough return home for a Championship game against Huddersfield Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Middlesbrough have scored 23 goals in 20 league games away. 24 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet this season, as the records show this recent match: Middlesbrough - Bournemouth 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (AFC Bournemouth wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
24 goals
BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
8 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Anthony
J. Anthony
8 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Middlesbrough
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 4 Played P 6 20 40
21 11 3 Won W 2 6 18
10 5 0 Drew D 1 6 8
8 3 1 Lost L 3 8 14
62 38 7 Scored S 7 23 52
35 20 4 Conceded C 10 24 42
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
77% 95% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 75% 75%
51% 74% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 40%
21% 32% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 18%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 10%
49% 63% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 48%
41% 26% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 35% 35%
18% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 25%
 
5.4 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.7 6
4.8 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.7 4.4
2.2 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.6 2.2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 13.5 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.4 11.9
4.4 5.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.2 4.5
36% 39% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 27% 29%
 
9.8 8.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 10.1 9.4
3.4 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 2.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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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 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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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.