Middlesbrough – Sunderland Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (05.11.2017)

Middlesbrough and Sunderland meet at Riverside Stadium, in a match for the 16th round of the Championship. There is only record of 2 recent direct confrontations between these two teams: on 04-26-2017, which ended with the victory of Middlesbrough by (1-0), and on 21-08-2016, which ended with the victory of Middlesbrough by (1-2). In spite of being a match between 7º and 22º of the table, in fact it is a confrontation between the 14º classified in parties in house and the 16º as visitor.

Middlesbrough :

The home team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 23 points won, after 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Reading, by (0-2). In the last match, they won in an away match against Hull City, by (1-3). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 12 points in away matches and 11 at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 7 conceded at home, against 8 goals scored and 6 conceded at home. In the last 7 home league matches Middlesbrough has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 21 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of the last 27 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 15 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 8 times and only managed 1 comeback. There are 2 periods highlighted in the last 9 home matches for all competitions: he scored 4 of his 11 goals between the minutes (16′-30 ‘) and 4 of his 11 between (46′-60′).

The Middlesbrough comes to this game with a victory, by 1-3, against Hull City, adding the following triumph followed in the championship: Braithwaite, Assombalonga and Leadbitter marked the goals of the team. In this home game coach Garry Monk must use a dominating strategy, with successive organized attacks, seeking to explore the difficulties of his opponent. Britt Assombalonga is the best scorer of Middlesbrough, with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Rudy Gestede, injured.

Sunderland:

After 1 win, 7 draws and 7 losses, the away team is currently in the 22 th position of the league, with 10 points won. In the last match, they have tied at home against Bolton Wanderers by (3-3), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Bristol City, by (1-2). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since it has won 7 out of away points and 3 at its stadium, with 12 goals scored and 16 conceded in away matches, against 8 goals scored and 14 conceded at home. In the last away game in this competition, they tied in by (3-3) against Brentford. In the last 7 away league matches Sunderland has a record of 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, he did not win any of the last 13 games. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was 0-1 (4 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 12 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 7 of their 20 goals between minutes (46’-60 ‘).

Sunderland comes to this game with a three-goal tie against Bolton, totalizing a lousy series of 13 games in a row without tasting the victory in this competition: Grabban (2) and McNair marked the blows of the team. In this game away from home, in a very difficult terrain for visitors, coach Simon Grayson must enter the field with a cautious strategy, with low lines, only exploring the counterattack. Lewis Grabban is the best finisher of the visitors, with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Maja and Browning, both injured.