An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 19th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Middlesbrough form and stats
5-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Middlesbrough so far this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Middlesbrough here at Riverside, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Middlesbrough supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Stoke City in Championship and win 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Swansea City (1-3).
This is expected to be a close game, with Middlesbrough perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Middlesbrough as a small favourite), we find eight games. Middlesbrough has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Middlesbrough as they are travelling to their away game against West Bromwich Albion in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Middlesbrough have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Middlesbrough have conceded only 11 goals.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Huddersfield Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Huddersfield Town are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Nottingham Forest (placed 10th). A 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Huddersfield Town, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Huddersfield Town are hosting Blackburn Rovers in the Championship only three days away.
Huddersfield Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Huddersfield Town have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Huddersfield Town - Middlesbrough 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Middlesbrough 5 wins, 3 draws and Huddersfield Town 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ahearne-Grant 12 goals |   B. Assombalonga 5 goals |  J. Bacuna 5 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Huddersfield Town missing players
| Middlesbrough | Huddersfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 32 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 35 |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 57% | 42% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 83% |
| 39% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 55% | 48% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 17% |
| 9% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 48% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 65% |
| 26% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 271 | 150 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 89 | 218 |
| 76 | 43 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 32 | 77 |
| 28% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 34% |
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Huddersfield Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Huddersfield Town 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Fulham | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Brentford | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Millwall | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Reading | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -19 | 20 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 24 | Stoke City | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
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