Can Middlesbrough beat Stoke City in Riverside Stadium clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

7th position in the Championship table for Middlesbrough so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 16th-placed Stoke City visits Riverside Stadium.

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 (16) at home in Championship, have collected 30 points from their home games so far after 8-6-7.

Middlesbrough's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Hull City. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a win away at Bolton Wanderers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D2-L5.

The manager T. Pulis will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nottingham Forest in only three days.

Middlesbrough have scored 20 goals here in 21 matches, not a lot. Middlesbrough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Riverside Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 21 matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

There's been little loot from Stoke City's travels as they have only collected 21 points from 21 away games. Stoke City only has 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 12 draws.

Stoke City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Rotherham United in their previous match; a Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Swansea City wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Stoke City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 44 games were W5-D20-L19.

After this away game Stoke City return home for a Championship game against Norwich City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stoke City as they have only managed to score 19 times from 21 away games. As opposed to that, Stoke City have seen the ball go into their own net 27 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Stoke City - Middlesbrough 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Middlesbrough 1 win, 2 draws and Stoke City 2 victories.

Top Goalscorers

B. Assombalonga
11 goals
J. Allen
6 goals / 4 assists

Middlesbrough missing players

Stoke City missing players

Middlesbrough Stoke City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
44 20 Scored 19 41
36 16 Conceded 27 47
88% 90% Over 0.5 76% 81%
64% 62% Over 1.5 62% 64%
29% 19% Over 2.5 43% 36%
7% 0% Over 3.5 38% 26%
2% 0% Over 4.5 0% 2%
38% 29% Both teams to score 52% 43%
43% 48% Clean Sheet 38% 40%
31% 33% Failed To Score 33% 36%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Stoke 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 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

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