Championship match prediction: Little separates Middlesbrough and Brentford in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Only the second game in the Championship for these teams and it's all to play for here at Riverside Stadium as Middlesbrough welcomes Brentford. Check out this preview!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough manager J. Woodgate and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Luton Town in the Championship. Before that match, a win away at Rotherham United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Middlesbrough have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Middlesbrough, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Crewe Alexandra is only three days away.

Last season, Middlesbrough's league statistics were 20 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Championship. Over these 46 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Middlesbrough managed 10-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.

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Brentford form and stats

The manager T. Frank was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Riverside Stadium. Brentford suffered a 0-1 loss to Birmingham City. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Preston North End.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brentford playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 4 Brentford wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Brentford are hosting Cambridge United in the Carabao Cup only three days away.

Let's have a look at how Brentford performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 13 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 11 with 23/36 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Middlesbrough won 7 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Brentford has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

L. Wing
1 goals
B. Assombalonga
1 goals
A. Fletcher
1 goals / 1 assists

Middlesbrough missing players

Brentford missing players

Middlesbrough Brentford
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 100%
 
11 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 6
8 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Middlesbrough Last season Brentford
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
20 10   Won   3 17
13 6   Drew   9 13
13 7   Lost   11 16
49 23   Scored   23 73
41 17   Conceded   36 59
89% 91%   Over 0.5   91% 96%
65% 61%   Over 1.5   78% 80%
33% 22%   Over 2.5   39% 46%
7% 0%   Over 3.5   22% 28%
2% 0%   Over 4.5   13% 20%
39% 30%   BTTS   61% 57%
41% 48%   Clean Sheets   13% 26%
30% 30%   Failed To Score   35% 22%
 
5.3 6.2   Corners For (avg)   5.5 6.3
5.2 5.1   Corners Against (avg)   4.2 4.6
1.7 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.5 1.7
3 2   Red Cards   1 3

Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-07-19 CF Hartlepool United 0 - 4 Middlesbrough
20-07-19 CF Heidenheim 5 - 1 Middlesbrough
23-07-19 CF Salford City 1 - 3 Middlesbrough
28-07-19 CF Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Saint-Etienne
02-08-19 CH Luton Town 3 - 3 Middlesbrough
10-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Brentford
13-08-19 CC Middlesbrough 18:45 Crewe Alexandra
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Middlesbrough
20-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 18:45 Wigan Athletic
24-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Millwall
Brentford
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Dynamo Kyiv 0 - 0 Brentford
20-07-19 CF Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 2 Brentford
24-07-19 CF Norwich City 1 - 3 Brentford
27-07-19 CF Brentford 1 - 3 AFC Bournemouth
03-08-19 CH Brentford 0 - 1 Birmingham City
10-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Brentford
13-08-19 CC Brentford 18:45 Cambridge United
17-08-19 CH Brentford 14:00 Hull City
21-08-19 CH Leeds United 18:45 Brentford
24-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 14:00 Brentford

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Derby County 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
11 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
14 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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