Middlesbrough vs Bristol City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-2 Championship victory vs Reading.

In that match, Middlesbrough managed 36% possession and 8 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Middlesbrough, the scorers were Ashley Fletcher (22') and Marc Bola (29'). At the other end, Reading got 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Neil Warnock's Middlesbrough have hit the target a sum total of 6 times over their preceding 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 10.

Bristol City

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After a losing effort in their last game against Barnsley in Championship competition, Bristol City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Bristol City had 45% possession and 1 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Barnsley got 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Carlton Morris (67') scored for Barnsley.

The stats tell the story, and Bristol City have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 15 goals in total. Defensively, The Robins just haven’t been too solid at all. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Bristol City:

• haven't been beaten by Middlesbrough when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 7 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 14/04/2018 shows us that Middlesbrough have won 3 of them and Bristol City 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 from The Boro and 7 created by The Robins. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The last league fixture between these sides was Championship match day 6 on 20/10/2020 which ended up with the score at Bristol City 0-1 Middlesbrough.

In that game, Bristol City had 56% possession and 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Middlesbrough had 9 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. George Saville (73') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Tim Robinson.

🗞️ Team News: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough manager Neil Warnock will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Bristol City

Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there is just the one fitness problem for the Bristol City boss Paul Simpson to contend with. Andreas Weimann (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) misses out for this game. Rene Gilmartin is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Middlesbrough look set to score more than once when they meet Bristol City, who won’t find it easy to break down their defence.

We can therefore see a decent 2-0 winning score for Middlesbrough at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:11 19/02/2021