Middlesbrough vs Plymouth Argyle Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Millwall.

In that match, Middlesbrough had 60% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Millwall got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Camiel Neghli (65') scored for Millwall.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that much respect should be given to the Middlesbrough backline. Middlesbrough have been miserly, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last six outings standing at 4. Historical results aside, it remains to be seen if that trend might be replicated here in this game.

Going into this contest, Middlesbrough have not emerged victorious against Plymouth Argyle in their previous 3 league matches.

Plymouth Argyle

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Plymouth Argyle will go into this match following a 2-1 Championship win vs Sheffield United in their previous outing.

For Plymouth Argyle, the scorers were Ryan Hardie (81') and Muhamed Tijani (88'). Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (44') was the scorer for Sheffield United.

The stats tell the story, and Plymouth Argyle have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. In defence, Plymouth Argyle could really do with shoring things up.

Pre-game facts show that Plymouth Argyle:

• haven't been beaten by Middlesbrough when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels stretching back to 18/04/1992, both clubs have shared the honours with Middlesbrough winning 2 of those games, Plymouth Argyle 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from The Boro and 10 coming from The Pilgrims. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league contest between these sides was Championship match day 22 on 21/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Plymouth Argyle 3-3 Middlesbrough.

On that occasion, Plymouth Argyle managed 45% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Lewis Gibson (38'), Darko Gyabi (72') and Mustapha Bundu (81').

At the other end, Middlesbrough had 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Jonny Howson (50'), Hayden Hackney (77') and Emmanuel Latte Lath (84') scored.

The match was refereed by Will Finnie.

ℹ️ Team News: Middlesbrough

Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery), Riley McGree (unknown injury) and Aidan Morris (Knee injury) will not be taking part for Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick.

📋 Team News: Plymouth Argyle

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the one fitness problem for the Plymouth Argyle manager Miron Muslic to be concerned with. Maksym Taloverov (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Middlesbrough will, in all likelihood, get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, Plymouth Argyle won’t find it easy to make a breakthrough but do we see them managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We’re predicting a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Middlesbrough at full-time.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the full-time result market, backing Middlesbrough can be had for 1.36, a wager on the draw is 5.25 and selecting a win for Plymouth Argyle gets you 7.5. They are the best returns offered at the moment.

Andre Moura, 09:06 16/04/2025