Middlesbrough will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Swansea City.
- Middlesbrough has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (8) 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 Swansea City.
Middlesbrough form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Riverside Stadium as Middlesbrough, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Championship, have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Middlesbrough will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Championship game against Huddersfield Town (placed 13th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Derby County in a game that was won 3-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Middlesbrough have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost six.
The manager N. Warnock will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stoke City in only three days.
Middlesbrough has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Middlesbrough have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Swansea City form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Championship, are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
It's the second away game in a row for Swansea, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Nottingham Forest (placed 21st) in the Championship last time out. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sheffield Wednesday.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Swansea City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Swansea City, seven draws and two defeats.
A new game in only three days for Swansea, the Championship home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.
The visiting Swansea have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Swansea as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Middlesbrough wins - draws - Swansea City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ayew Pelé 6 goals |   M. Johnson 3 goals |  B. Assombalonga 3 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Middlesbrough | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 79% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 29% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 12.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 32% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 28% |
- Middlesbrough has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Championship
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Middlesbrough have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Championship
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Norwich City | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Watford | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Reading | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Brentford | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 10 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 7 |
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