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 defeat in their last game at the hands of Millwall.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 60% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Millwall had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Camiel Neghli (65') was the scorer 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 head into the meeting following on from a 2-1 Championship win as they beat Sheffield United in their last match.

For Plymouth Argyle, the goalscorers were Ryan Hardie (81') and Muhamed Tijani (88'). Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (44') scored 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

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 18/04/1992, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Middlesbrough winning 2 of those games, Plymouth Argyle 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 10 of them from The Boro and 10 belonging to The Pilgrims. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The previous league meeting between the two was Championship match day 22 on 21/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Plymouth Argyle 3-3 Middlesbrough.

That day, Plymouth Argyle had 45% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Lewis Gibson (38'), Darko Gyabi (72') and Mustapha Bundu (81').

For their opponents, Middlesbrough got 17 shots 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.

🗞️ Team News: Middlesbrough

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

ℹ️ Team News: Plymouth Argyle

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Plymouth Argyle boss 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, 03:07 16/04/2025