Betting men believe with their cash that Middlesbrough will beat Queens Park Rangers at Riverside Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Middlesbrough followers in this Riverside Stadium duel with Queens Park Rangers, as they have a healthy lead on them in the Championship standings.

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Championship

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 Queens Park Rangers.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

The Championship results playing at home this season for Middlesbrough are 8-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Bristol City game Middlesbrough has been unbeatable here at Riverside Stadium producing five straight wins.

A strong away win for Middlesbrough against Sheffield United the last match, as Archer (2) and Akpom were on target. Steffen loved the game against Sheffield United. With a stunning nine saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.

Before that match, a win away at Cardiff City.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.

The Middlesbrough fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. Middlesbrough have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

5-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Queens Park Rangers in their Championship matches away.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sunderland with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Iroegbunam was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Iroegbunam hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Millwall.

The attacking power of QPR when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Queens Park Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Queens Park Rangers have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Middlesbrough.

These teams played each other previously this match year: Queens Park Rangers - Middlesbrough 3-2.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
17 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Forss
M. Forss
7 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Crooks
M. Crooks
6 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 6 16 32
16 8 3 Won W 3 5 10
6 5 2 Drew D 1 5 9
10 2 1 Lost L 2 6 13
53 23 10 Scored S 9 15 33
37 12 4 Conceded C 8 20 43
94% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 72%
62% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 50%
34% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 19%
12% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 6%
62% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 47%
25% 47% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 22%
19% 13% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 44% 41%
 
6.1 6.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.6 5.1
4.2 4.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.3 4.8
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 12.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 12 13
4 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.6
41% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 32% 28%
 
10.2 8.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 11.6 10.8
3.7 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Championship

  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 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

Middlesbrough:
Queens Park Rangers:
Championship:
England:
Table
  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 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

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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.