📏 Form Guide

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Championship drawn game against Ipswich Town.

In that game, Middlesbrough had 45% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Middlesbrough was Emmanuel Latte Lath (20'). On the other side, Ipswich Town got 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Massimo Luongo (30') scored for Ipswich Town.

Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Middlesbrough have taken part. Regarding the goal distribution in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 and Middlesbrough managed the sum of 8.

Their prior results show that Middlesbrough:

• haven't won against Leeds United in their last 5 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.

Leeds United

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Blackburn Rovers in Championship action, Leeds United will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Leeds United had 75% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Blackburn Rovers got 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Sammie Szmodics (82') was the scorer for Blackburn Rovers.

Daniel Farke's Leeds United have fired home 8 times throughout their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period equals 6.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Leeds United:

• haven't been defeated by Middlesbrough in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 02/03/2018 shows that Middlesbrough have won 1 of these & Leeds United 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A total of 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 6 for The Boro and 9 for The Whites. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Leeds United 3-2 Middlesbrough.

On that day, Leeds United had 61% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Daniel James (5'), Crysencio Summerville (7') and Joël Piroe (38').

Middlesbrough had 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Emmanuel Latte Lath (3', 45') scored.

The referee was Darren England.

ℹ️ Team News: Middlesbrough

Darragh Lenihan (Ankle surgery) and Riley McGree (unknown injury) will not be able to play for Middlesbrough gaffer Michael Carrick.

We are thinking that The Boro may well use a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Seny Dieng, Luke Ayling, Rav van den Berg, Matt Clarke, Lukas Engel, Jonathan Howson, Lewis O'Brien, Isaiah Jones, Finn Azaz, Sam Greenwood and Emmanuel Latte Lath.

📋 Team News: Leeds United

Thanks to a largely healthy squad, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Leeds United gaffer Daniel Farke to contend with. Pascal Struijk (Groin injury) won’t be playing here.

We believe The Whites seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Illan Meslier, Archie Gray, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Júnior Firpo, Glen Kamara, Ilia Gruev, Daniel James, Georginio Rutter, C. Summerville and Patrick Bamford.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that Middlesbrough will manage to breach the defence of this Leeds United outfit, but a single goal may not quite be enough.

We’re going for a close game with a 1-2 win for Leeds United at the end of this one. Looking forward to this.

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Victor Martins, 18:00 22/04/2024