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Middlesbrough and Hull City play at Riverside Stadium in a 14th round Barclays Premier League duel. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 games. Indeed, the last time they met at this stadium was on 18-03-2016, in a Championship match that ended with Middlesbrough’s (1-0) win. The only goal of the match was scored by D. Nugent (90 ‘). In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Middlesbrough
The home team is currently in 15th place with 12 points earned after 2 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Chelsea by (0-1). In the last match, he tied for Leicester City (2-2). This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 5 wins, 9 draws and 1 away defeat, with 24 goals scored and 14 conceded, against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 Defeats at home, with 16 goals scored and 12 conceded. For the championship, Middlesbrough won 4 points in 18 chances, after 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last 6 games at their stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home matches there is a tendency towards few goals, since 10 of his last 23 matches ended with Less than 1.5 goals. In 13 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never managed to turn the score.
The Middlesbrough side come to this round with a 2-2 draw at Leicester, adding their third consecutive game without a win in the competition: Álvaro Negredo scored both goals for the team. In this home game, coach Aitor Karanka is expected to keep the team in 4-3-3 with Álvaro Negredo being responsible for creating dangerous moves on the defensive line of the opponent. Cristhian Stuani is one of the top scorers with 2 goals scored. For this game the Spanish coach can not count on Friend, Ayala and Husband, all injured.
Hull City
After 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses, the visiting team is in 18th place, having won 11 points. In the last match, they drew with West Bromwich home (1-1), after their previous match had lost out in a match against Sunderland by (3-0). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. The team arrives in this match after a home win with Newcastle by (3-1) in the tiebreak through penalties. In the league, Hull City had 4 points out of 18, after 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last 6 away games.
For this competition, he registers a sequence of 4 losses in the last games as a visitor and has not won any of the last 5 games outside his stadium. The team has not been very strong defensively, as it has always suffered goals in the last 10 games that played in this competition. This is a team that scores a few times first and they only managed to open the scoring in 2 of their last 13 games in the Barclays Premier League, these 2 reached the break in advantage in 1 and won in the late 90 ‘in all. In 13 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in 11 games in which he conceded the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 5 of his 11 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
The Hull City team comes to this game with a win on penalties over Newcastle in the League Cup game. In the last game for the championship, Hull City drew 1-1 at West Bromwich. In this away game coach Mike Phelan should keep in 4-3-3 with Mbokani being the team’s most advanced. However, Robert Snodgrass is Hull’s top scorer with 4 goals scored. For this round the visiting coach can not count on suspended Sam Clucas, in addition to Abel Hernandez, Bruce, Maloney, Mason and Keane, players who recover from injury.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals @ 1.75