Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Elland Road clash with Middlesbrough, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.
It's no vacation for neither Leeds United nor Middlesbrough as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Leeds United form and stats
Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Championship, have performed here at Elland Road this season with 5 wins from 8 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Ever since the Derby County game Leeds United has been unbeatable here at Elland Road producing five straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Leeds United's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Middlesbrough (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Reading.
Leeds United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W4-D1-L1.
The Leeds United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Leeds United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Middlesbrough have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Championship, after 0-4-4 (8 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Middlesbrough, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Leeds United (placed 2nd). Before that, Middlesbrough secured a home win against Barnsley with the score 1-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Middlesbrough played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 1 time.
Middlesbrough have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Middlesbrough have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Leeds United victories, 4 draws and 2 Middlesbrough wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
P. Bamford
6 goals
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B. Assombalonga
5 goals
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J. Harrison
4 goals
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Leeds United missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Leeds United | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 63% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 37% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 26% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 42% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 42% |
| 6.8 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 308 | 136 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 101 | 222 |
| 99 | 46 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 25 | 61 |
| 27% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 26% |
- Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Leeds United has the most clean sheets (9)
- Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (13)
- Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | Fulham | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 10 | Hull City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Millwall | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | Derby County | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Stoke City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 9 |
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