📊 Form Guide

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 55% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Middlesbrough was Finn Azaz (11'). Sheffield Wednesday got 25 shots on goal with 11 on target. Josh Windass (54') and Anthony Musaba (89') scored for Sheffield Wednesday.

It’s not been often in recent games where Middlesbrough have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Middlesbrough have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 6 goals on the way.

Coming into this meeting, Middlesbrough haven't been beaten in the league by Norwich City in their previous 6 matches.

Norwich City

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Millwall in Championship action, Norwich City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Norwich City managed 58% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Norwich City was Shane Duffy (45'). Millwall got 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Mihailo Ivanović (8', 69') and Femi Azeez (39') scored for Millwall.

Johannes Hoff Thorup's Norwich City have fired home a total of 7 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that they have conceded during those matches equals 12.

Their previous form shows that Norwich City:

• have left without a victory over Middlesbrough in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 6 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results going back to 30/01/2021 shows that these encounters have been disappointments for Norwich City. They have not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas Middlesbrough have been the better of the two, running out winners in 67% of those matches.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was Championship match day 12 on 27/10/2024 when it finished Norwich City 3-3 Middlesbrough.

In that game, Norwich City had 50% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Borja Sainz (9', 71').

On the other side, Middlesbrough got 15 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Tommy Conway (13', 40'), Finn Azaz (45') and Seny Dieng (80' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by James Bell.

🗞️ Team News: Middlesbrough

In our view, The Boro may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, Jonathan Howson, Rav van den Berg, Samuel Iling, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Morgan Whittaker, Finn Azaz and Tommy Conway.

ℹ️ Team News: Norwich City

There’s a good chance that The Canaries will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Vicente Reyes, Jack Stacey, Shane Duffy, José Córdoba, Kenny McLean, Marcelino Núñez, Jacob Wright, Anis Ben Slimane, Liam Gibbs, Borja Sainz and Josh Sargent.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Norwich City should have enough to get a goal against this Middlesbrough team, although it may not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Middlesbrough at the end of this one. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 13:02 26/04/2025