Middlesbrough vs Southampton Live Stream, Predictions

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Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough will be hoping to bounce back here following the 0-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Southampton.

It has not been often in recent games where Middlesbrough have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Middlesbrough have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals along the way. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that Middlesbrough:

• have not beaten Southampton in their last 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Southampton

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A run of fairly underwhelming efforts from the Southampton defensive players has resulted in a total of 18 goals being surrendered by them in just their past six outings. They definitely need to see an improvement in this sub-par facet of their play.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings dating back to 11/12/2004 tells us that Middlesbrough have won 1 of them and Southampton 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them from The Boro and 12 for The Saints. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 37 on 13/05/2017 and the score finished Middlesbrough 1-2 Southampton.

In that game, Middlesbrough managed 42% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Patrick Bamford (72').

On the other side, Southampton had 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Jay Rodriguez (42') and Nathan Redmond (57') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

📰 Team News: Middlesbrough

The Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy group ready to go.

In all likelihood, The Boro may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for the game featuring Seny Dieng, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Lewis O'Brien, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Riley McGree and Josh Coburn.

🗞️ Team News: Southampton

Southampton boss Russell Martin has not got a full squad to pick from. Ross Stewart (Achilles tendon surgery) and Juan Larios (Unknown Injury) can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that The Saints could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Gavin Bazunu, Mason Holgate, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Kyle Walker-Peters, Flynn Downes, Shea Charles, William Smallbone, Adam Armstrong, Che Adams and Ryan Fraser.

⚡ Prediction

Southampton and Middlesbrough could both find goals hard to come by here.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We’re therefore expecting a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:57 19/09/2023