Middlesbrough favourites for feisty fight facing Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Here's every piece of info you should know, and even more, going into the Middlesbrough - Bristol City fixture!

Insights:
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Championship

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.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have played 9 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Middlesbrough, who won 3-1 against Hull City (placed 20th). Defender Lenihan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Lenihan won 5 of 8 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Preston North End.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 0 and lost 5.

Middlesbrough are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Blackpool awaits in three days.

The Middlesbrough fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bristol City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Pearson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Ashton Gate Stadium. Bristol City suffered a 0-1 loss to Sheffield United (placed 3rd). Midfielder Dasilva was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.25. Dasilva hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Swansea City.

We have checked recent matches where Bristol City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bristol City are hosting Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup only three days away.

Bristol find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Middlesbrough-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Middlesbrough four wins, Bristol City five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
7 goals
MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
6 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Bristol City missing players

Middlesbrough Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
5 3 2 Won W 1 2 6
5 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 9
23 10 2 Scored S 4 13 26
24 9 0 Conceded C 3 18 28
89% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
67% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 53%
33% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 21%
17% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 21%
61% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 58%
22% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 26%
28% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
5.9 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 4 5.1
3.9 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 6.1
2.3 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 11.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.6 10.2
3.3 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.9 3.2
39% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 50% 43%
 
9.3 8 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.9 11.3
3.7 3.3 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Bristol City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals (18) away in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Championship
  • Bristol City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Burnley 18 9 8 1 32 16 9 5 4 0 17 8 9 4 4 1 15 8 16 35
2 Blackburn Rovers 19 11 0 8 23 19 9 7 0 2 16 7 10 4 0 6 7 12 4 33
3 Sheffield United 18 9 5 4 29 16 8 4 3 1 17 8 10 5 2 3 12 8 13 32
4 Queens Park Rangers 17 9 3 5 25 19 8 5 2 1 14 7 9 4 1 4 11 12 6 30
5 Norwich City 18 8 4 6 26 20 9 5 2 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 9 10 6 28
6 Swansea City 18 8 4 6 23 24 9 5 1 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 10 13 -1 28
7 Preston North End 19 7 7 5 14 15 10 3 4 3 5 7 9 4 3 2 9 8 -1 28
8 Watford 17 7 5 5 24 20 8 5 1 2 15 9 9 2 4 3 9 11 4 26
9 Millwall 17 8 2 7 22 20 9 7 0 2 16 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 2 26
10 Luton Town 18 6 8 4 21 19 10 2 6 2 13 11 8 4 2 2 8 8 2 26
11 Reading 18 8 2 8 20 25 9 6 1 2 14 9 9 2 1 6 6 16 -5 26
12 Birmingham City 17 6 5 6 18 15 8 3 3 2 10 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 3 23
13 Rotherham United 17 5 7 5 20 20 9 4 3 2 16 10 8 1 4 3 4 10 0 22
14 Bristol City 19 6 4 9 26 28 10 4 2 4 13 10 9 2 2 5 13 18 -2 22
15 Blackpool 18 6 4 8 23 27 8 3 1 4 12 12 10 3 3 4 11 15 -4 22
16 Sunderland 17 5 6 6 22 21 8 2 4 2 10 9 9 3 2 4 12 12 1 21
17 Cardiff City 17 6 3 8 13 19 8 4 2 2 6 4 9 2 1 6 7 15 -6 21
18 Middlesbrough 18 5 5 8 23 24 9 3 4 2 10 9 9 2 1 6 13 15 -1 20
19 Coventry City 16 5 5 6 16 18 7 3 1 3 6 6 9 2 4 3 10 12 -2 20
20 Hull City 18 6 2 10 21 35 10 4 0 6 10 18 8 2 2 4 11 17 -14 20
21 Stoke City 17 5 4 8 18 23 8 2 2 4 8 12 9 3 2 4 10 11 -5 19
22 Wigan Athletic 17 5 4 8 17 25 9 1 3 5 6 16 8 4 1 3 11 9 -8 19
23 West Bromwich Albion 18 3 8 7 21 24 10 2 4 4 12 14 8 1 4 3 9 10 -3 17
24 Huddersfield Town 16 4 3 9 17 22 9 4 1 4 10 8 7 0 2 5 7 14 -5 15

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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.