Open game expected at Riverside Stadium: Middlesbrough vs Norwich City preview

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium

Middlesbrough and Norwich City are both riding high in the Championship with their 5th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Championship, have played 18 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). Middlesbrough has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Pulis and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Middlesbrough, their manager T. Pulis and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager T. Pulis led his Middlesbrough to a defeat in the Championship match away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Riverside Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Preston North End that was lost 1-2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Bristol City in only three days. This game is also played here at Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 18 matches. Middlesbrough have only conceded 14 in these games.

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Norwich City form and stats

Playing away, Norwich City have won 10 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Middlesbrough. Norwich City have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Norwich City, whose manager D. Farke could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Rotherham United. Before that, Norwich City secured a home win against Hull City with the score 3-2.

Norwich City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 36 goals from 19 games. As opposed to that, Norwich City have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Norwich City - Middlesbrough 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Middlesbrough won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Norwich City has 5 wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pukki
24 goals / 9 assists
B. Assombalonga
10 goals
E. Buendía
7 goals / 9 assists

Middlesbrough missing players

Norwich City missing players

Middlesbrough Norwich City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 18 Played 19 38
86% 89% Over 0.5 100% 97%
68% 72% Over 1.5 74% 79%
30% 22% Over 2.5 68% 66%
5% 0% Over 3.5 53% 47%
3% 0% Over 4.5 37% 21%
41% 33% Both teams to score 58% 66%
43% 50% Clean Sheet 32% 29%
30% 28% Failed To Score 11% 8%

  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 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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