Middlesbrough vs Hull City betting preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Middlesbrough perform at a high level so far being 7th in the table. Hull City can look both up and down from their 9th position.

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 Hull City.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

7-6-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (36) in Championship, so far this season. It's been an uphill battle for Middlesbrough in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Queens Park Rangers game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Middlesbrough, who won 2-0 against Bolton Wanderers. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Swansea City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D1-L2.

Middlesbrough aren't scoring a lot here at Riverside Stadium with only 19 goals from 20 games. From these home matches, Middlesbrough have conceded only 16 goals.

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Hull City form and stats

Playing away, Hull City have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 10 defeats so far this season.

Hull City won their last game, 2-1 versus Wigan Athletic played at home. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Reading.

Hull City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 22 matches.

Hull City have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. Hull City have conceded 38 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hull City - Middlesbrough 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Middlesbrough, 1 draw and 4 wins for Hull City.

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Middlesbrough Hull City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
43 19 Scored 25 61
36 16 Conceded 38 58
88% 90% Over 0.5 100% 98%
66% 65% Over 1.5 85% 83%
29% 20% Over 2.5 60% 54%
7% 0% Over 3.5 35% 32%
2% 0% Over 4.5 25% 17%
39% 30% Both teams to score 50% 49%
41% 45% Clean Sheet 15% 27%
32% 35% Failed To Score 35% 27%
Key stats this season:
  • Hull City hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hull City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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 Norwich City 41 25 10 6 84 50 21 14 3 4 47 31 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 85
2 Leeds United 41 24 7 10 68 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 79
3 Sheffield United 41 23 9 9 68 38 20 13 3 4 37 16 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 78
4 West Bromwich Albion 41 20 10 11 77 55 20 9 7 4 44 27 21 11 3 7 33 28 22 70
5 Aston Villa 41 17 15 9 75 57 20 9 8 3 46 33 21 8 7 6 29 24 18 66
6 Bristol City 40 18 11 11 54 44 21 8 7 6 27 23 19 10 4 5 27 21 10 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 16 13 12 43 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 7 61
8 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 50 20 10 7 3 31 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 5 60
9 Hull City 41 17 9 15 61 58 21 11 5 5 36 20 20 6 4 10 25 38 3 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 14 12 52 54 21 9 8 4 31 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -2 59
11 Nottingham Forest 41 14 15 12 55 50 20 11 4 5 29 19 21 3 11 7 26 31 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 15 12 14 59 55 21 7 9 5 34 27 20 8 3 9 25 28 4 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 8 16 55 50 20 11 4 5 35 22 20 5 4 11 20 28 5 56
14 Brentford 41 14 12 15 65 56 21 12 4 5 45 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 9 54
15 Stoke City 41 11 18 12 39 45 20 8 6 6 20 18 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 41 13 11 17 55 63 21 9 6 6 28 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 13 15 13 57 53 21 7 9 5 28 21 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 45
18 Queens Park Rangers 41 12 9 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -19 45
19 Millwall 40 10 11 19 45 58 20 7 7 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 41
20 Reading 41 9 14 18 45 62 20 7 4 9 27 30 21 2 10 9 18 32 -17 41
21 Wigan Athletic 41 10 11 20 44 61 20 9 7 4 25 19 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 41
22 Rotherham United 41 8 15 18 44 70 21 7 8 6 30 33 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 41 8 8 25 29 68 21 4 4 13 13 32 20 4 4 12 16 36 -39 32
24 Ipswich Town 41 4 15 22 32 67 20 2 10 8 18 27 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 27

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