The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Middlesbrough are in the 13th position while the guesting Coventry City worry at 20th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Middlesbrough and Coventry City.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Middlesbrough must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Championship games here at Riverside Stadium.
An away draw last time out for Middlesbrough, facing Cardiff City in a game that ended 1-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bristol City with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and three defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nottingham Forest are coming to town in four days.
Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Middlesbrough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Riverside Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Coventry City form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Coventry City with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Home advantage was not enough for Coventry in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Blackburn Rovers, 0-4. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Swansea City.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Blackburn Rovers was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
We have checked recent matches where Coventry City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, three draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Reading in just three days.
Goals are few and far between in Coventry's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. As opposed to that, Coventry City have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Middlesbrough, three draws and two wins for Coventry City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Godden 3 goals |   G. Saville 2 goals |  C. Akpom 2 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Middlesbrough | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 3 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 78 | 37 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 35 | 65 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 29% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 46% |
- Coventry City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Coventry City have yet to win a game away.
- Middlesbrough have not yet lost a 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 | Reading | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Watford | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |
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