Middlesbrough have some catching up to do from their 21st position, and the first chance is against Rotherham United. Read more!
- Middlesbrough have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rotherham United have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Middlesbrough have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Middlesbrough's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Cardiff City (placed 15th). Dijksteel was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Dijksteel served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sunderland in a game that was won 1-0.Middlesbrough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Riverside Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Rotherham United form and stats
The Championship season is young and Rotherham United have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Rotherham had fun at their own home (Riverside Stadium) last time out, beating Blackpool 3-0. Harding, Ogbene and Kelly scored. Attacker Ogbene got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Ogbene scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Watford.Goals are few and far between in Rotherham United's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. As opposed to that, Rotherham United have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Middlesbrough victories, one draw and two Rotherham United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Wood 4 goals |  C. Ogbene 4 goals |  D. Watmore 2 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Middlesbrough | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 22% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 10.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.3 | 9.2 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| 46% | 53% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 8.8 | 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17.7 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
- Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rotherham United have scored away.
- Middlesbrough have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rotherham United have yet to win a 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 | Sheffield United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Reading | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 5 | Burnley | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Rotherham United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Hull City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 19 | Millwall | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 2 |
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