A total of 28 rounds of games are finished and both Middlesbrough and Watford are high up in the table. Game on!
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Championship
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Middlesbrough form and stats
6-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Middlesbrough so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Middlesbrough, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The supporters are hoping that Middlesbrough will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Sunderland (placed 9th). The first defeat after collecting points through four league matches. The goalie Steffen was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.15 out of ten. Steffen saved a penalty.
Ahead of that match, Middlesbrough won a home game hosting Millwall (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Middlesbrough have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Take note that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each side.
Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Middlesbrough have conceded only 12 goals.
Watford form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Watford playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Watford's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rotherham United that finished 1-1. Watford coach Bilić could be heard cursing the gods after the 1-1 draw against Rotherham United, as the team hit the posts three times. Ferreira, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Ferreira scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
Before that, Watford secured a home win against Blackpool with the score 2-0.Watford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
Low on goals? 9 of this team's latest 10 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
As opposed to that, Watford have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Watford have pulled off a sequence of 10 consecutive games without defeat (6-4-0) when facing Middlesbrough.Watford - Middlesbrough 2-1 was the result in these squads' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Akpom 13 goals |   J. Junqueira de Jesus 8 goals |  I. Sarr 7 goals |
Middlesbrough missing players
Watford missing players
| Middlesbrough | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 34 |
| 35 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 93% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 75% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 71% |
| 61% | 46% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 32% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 21% |
| 14% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 64% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 21% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.1 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 29% | 31% |
| 9.6 | 8.1 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.1 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- Middlesbrough have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most matches over the total-line (17) 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 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 62 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Watford | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 44 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -4 | 43 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Millwall | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -5 | 40 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 38 |
| 14 | Reading | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -11 | 37 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 35 |
| 16 | Hull City | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -11 | 34 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 33 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -7 | 31 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 29 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 26 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -22 | 25 |
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