Rotherham United vs Middlesbrough: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 05.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

The visiting Middlesbrough side should be favourites in this visit to Rotherham United, as the away team holds a 30 point advantage from their 45 league games this season.

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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Rotherham United form and stats

The story so far for Rotherham United, who have the most conceded goals (81) in Championship, at their home stadium (AESSEAL New York Stadium) is 7 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats. Rotherham United has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Warne and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Rotherham United, their manager P. Warne and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager P. Warne led his Rotherham United to a defeat in the Championship match away at West Bromwich Albion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Birmingham City that was lost 1-3.

Rotherham United has scored 31 goals at home this season, in 22 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 36 goals have been conceded.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

9-7-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough in their matches away.

Middlesbrough are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Reading. Prior to that match, the Middlesbrough manager T. Pulis faced defeat when travelling to Nottingham Forest and losing 0-3.

Middlesbrough have scored 24 goals on their travels this season, 22 away games. As opposed to that, Middlesbrough have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Middlesbrough - Rotherham United 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Rotherham United won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Middlesbrough has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

B. Assombalonga
13 goals
S. Ajayi
7 goals / 1 assists
W. Vaulks
7 goals / 7 assists

Rotherham United missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Rotherham United Middlesbrough
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played 7 22 45
8 7 1 Won 4 9 19
16 8 2 Drew 2 7 13
21 7 4 Lost 1 6 13
51 31 6 Scored 10 24 47
81 36 12 Conceded 5 23 40
93% 95% 86% Over 0.5 86% 86% 89%
78% 82% 71% Over 1.5 71% 68% 64%
58% 68% 71% Over 2.5 43% 41% 31%
38% 41% 29% Over 3.5 14% 14% 7%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 0% 5% 2%
69% 77% 57% BTTS 43% 45% 38%
13% 18% 29% Clean Sheets 57% 36% 42%
24% 9% 29% Failed To Score 14% 32% 31%
 
5.3 5.5 6.4 Corners For (avg) 5.7 4.5 5.4
5.5 5 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.3 5.2
1.6 1.8 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.9 1.7
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Middlesbrough is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Rotherham United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Rotherham United
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
13-03-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Rotherham United
16-03-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 2 Norwich City
30-03-19 CH Derby County 6 - 1 Rotherham United
06-04-19 CH Rotherham United 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest
10-04-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 2 Aston Villa
13-04-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 2 Rotherham United
19-04-19 CH Swansea City 4 - 3 Rotherham United
22-04-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 3 Birmingham City
27-04-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 2 - 1 Rotherham United
05-05-19 CH Rotherham United 11:30 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
16-03-19 CH Aston Villa 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
30-03-19 CH Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Norwich City
02-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Bristol City
06-04-19 CH Swansea City 3 - 1 Middlesbrough
09-04-19 CH Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Middlesbrough
13-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Hull City
19-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Stoke City
22-04-19 CH Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
27-04-19 CH Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Reading
05-05-19 CH Rotherham United 11:30 Middlesbrough

  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 45 26 13 6 91 56 23 15 4 4 51 34 22 11 9 2 40 22 35 91
2 Sheffield United 45 26 10 9 76 39 23 15 4 4 42 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 37 88
3 Leeds United 45 25 8 12 71 47 23 14 4 5 38 21 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 45 23 11 11 86 59 23 12 7 4 53 31 22 11 4 7 33 28 27 80
5 Aston Villa 45 20 16 9 81 59 22 11 8 3 49 34 23 9 8 6 32 25 22 76
6 Derby County 44 19 13 12 65 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 22 7 6 9 28 33 13 70
7 Middlesbrough 45 19 13 13 47 40 23 10 6 7 23 17 22 9 7 6 24 23 7 70
8 Bristol City 44 18 12 14 56 51 23 8 8 7 28 26 21 10 4 7 28 25 5 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 45 16 16 13 59 60 22 10 8 4 33 25 23 6 8 9 26 35 -1 64
10 Nottingham Forest 45 16 15 14 60 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 6 63
11 Swansea City 44 18 9 17 62 59 22 12 5 5 41 27 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 63
12 Preston North End 45 16 13 16 67 64 23 8 10 5 41 30 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 61
13 Hull City 45 17 10 18 65 67 22 11 5 6 36 23 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 61
14 Blackburn Rovers 45 16 11 18 62 67 22 10 6 6 30 19 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 45 11 21 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 54
17 Birmingham City 45 14 18 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 51
18 Wigan Athletic 45 12 13 20 50 64 22 10 8 4 28 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -14 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 9 23 51 70 23 9 3 11 33 31 22 4 6 12 18 39 -19 48
20 Reading 45 10 16 19 49 66 22 8 5 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 46
21 Millwall 44 10 14 20 47 61 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 44
22 Rotherham United 45 8 16 21 51 81 22 7 8 7 31 36 23 1 8 14 20 45 -30 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 45 4 16 25 33 75 22 2 11 9 19 29 23 2 5 16 14 46 -42 28

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