Middlesbrough vs Bournemouth Prediction & Betting Tips

Middlesbrough will host guests Bournemouth at Riverside Stadium in the Championship meeting on Saturday.

All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Middlesbrough v Bournemouth are shown below (plus the best game odds).

📊 Form Guide

Middlesbrough WLWWLL

Middlesbrough will be hoping for a better result following the 0-2 EFL Cup loss in their previous game against Barnsley.

In that match, Middlesbrough managed 43% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Barnsley got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Patrick Schmidt (22') and Jordan Williams (34') scored for Barnsley.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Middlesbrough have shown defensive steel. The facts show that The Boro have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 11 goals along the way.

Coming into this clash, Middlesbrough have not won at home in their last 10 league matches. It's been disappointing.

Bournemouth WLLWWD

In their previous game, Bournemouth drew 0-0 in the EFL Cup tie with Crystal Palace.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 62% possession and 17 shots at goal with 3 on target. Crystal Palace had 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Bournemouth have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals in all. Defensively, The Cherries have been far from perfect. Despite that, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be sustained in this next game.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 15/03/2014 tells us that Middlesbrough have won 1 of these & Bournemouth 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

A combined total of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for The Boro and 10 netted by The Cherries. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

📰 Team News: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

In all likelihood, The Boro should use the 3-5-2 system for this one, handing starts to Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Grant Hall, Marvin Johnson, Lewis Wing, Marcus Tavernier, Jonathan Howson, Djed Spence, Britt Assombalonga and Ashley Fletcher.

📰 Team News: Bournemouth

Owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from, Bournemouth manager Jason Tindall does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

From our viewpoint, The Cherries will likely begin the game with a 5-4-1 system, going with Mark Travers, Jack Stacey, Chris Mepham, Steve Cook, Lloyd Kelly, Adam Smith, Junior Stanislas, Jefferson Lerma, Lewis Cook, Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld and Dominic Solanke.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Bournemouth and Middlesbrough may both find scoring difficult here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

Renata Leite, 23:15 14/09/2020