The Brentford & Middlesbrough managers T. Frank and K. Blackwell are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
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.
Brentford form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Brentford, who have the most scored goals (9) at home in Championship, at their home stadium (Griffin Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The spoils were shared in Brentford's previous game, also at home. Visiting Swansea City (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Luton Town.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Brentford matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats (from six games).
The Brentford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Brentford have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough in their Championship matches away. Middlesbrough has drawn their two previous away games.
The Middlesbrough goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 290 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Blackburn Rovers (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Nottingham Forest.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Middlesbrough playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The attacking power of Middlesbrough when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brentford three wins, two draws and Middlesbrough five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 10 goals | M. Forss 4 goals |   G. Saville 2 goals |
Brentford missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Brentford | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 | 74 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 59 | 126 |
| 39 | 22 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 11 | 30 |
| 44% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 27% | 30% |
- All of Brentford's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brentford has the most scored goals (9) at home in Championship
- Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Middlesbrough have scored away.
- Brentford have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Brentford 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 | Reading | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Brentford | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Watford | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Derby County | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 4 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | -1 |
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