Riverside Stadium: Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion Championship full preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 22.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

7th place in the Championship table for Middlesbrough so far this season, a competent achievement. The match-going supporters hope for more fun as 11th-placed West Bromwich Albion visit Riverside Stadium.

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 West Bromwich Albion.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have performed here at Riverside Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. Middlesbrough has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Riverside Stadium. We remember; it was Preston North End.

Middlesbrough faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bristol City (1-2). The attacker Connolly was announced as "man of the match" for Middlesbrough with a rating of 7.41/10. Connolly hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Middlesbrough had a home game versus Derby County which ended with a victory 4-1.

Middlesbrough are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Barnsley awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Middlesbrough in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Middlesbrough are not conceding a lot of goals here at Riverside Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 16 matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from West Bromwich Albion's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the Championship. West Bromwich Albion only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of WBA, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

West Bromwich Albion aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 451 league minutes without a goal. Diangana was the last player to find the net.

There might be some fixture complaints from WBA as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Luton Town. Townsend got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Townsend hit two key passes.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Blackburn Rovers.

The attacking power of West Bromwich Albion when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, West Bromwich Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H meeting ended West Bromwich Albion - Middlesbrough 1-1, played this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Middlesbrough won three games, three matches ended with a tie and West Bromwich Albion got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
10 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Crooks
M. Crooks
8 goals
MiddlesbroughA. Šporar
A. Šporar
7 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 6 Played P 7 17 32
14 10 3 Won W 1 4 12
7 2 1 Drew D 1 4 10
10 4 2 Lost L 5 9 10
39 25 8 Scored S 4 13 34
31 14 6 Conceded C 12 20 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
77% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 59% 59%
35% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 35% 34%
13% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 12% 12%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 29% 29% 31%
35% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 41%
23% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 71% 59% 44%
 
5.9 6.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.6 6.1
4.5 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 3.3 3.6
2.3 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2.1 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 3 3 6
 
12.3 12.9 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.6 15.6
4.5 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 4.6
28% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 18% 23%
 
9.7 9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.9 8.1 7.7
3 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 2.9 2.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

Middlesbrough:
West Bromwich Albion:
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 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.