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Burnley and Middlesbrough play for Turf Moor in an 18th round Barclays Premier League duel. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations favors the visiting team, which has 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 games. However, the last time they met at this stadium was on 19-04-2016, in a Championship match that ended in a draw for (1-1). The goals of the match were marked by M. Keane (90 ‘) for Burnley and J. Rhodes (70′) for Middlesbrough. In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Burnley
After 5 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses, the home team is in 16th place, having won 17 points. In the last match, they lost with Tottenham away by (2-1), after in the previous game to have lost out in a game against West Ham, by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 18 goals scored and 23 conceded, against 7 wins, 5 draws And 3 home defeats, with 19 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last 9 home games for the league, Burnley has recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, having won 16 points out of 27. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 17 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 8 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 10 home games in all competitions there are 2 highlights: he scored 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (0’-15 ‘); Suffered 5 of his 10 goals in the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Burnley are back at home for the English Premier League by trying to find a positive result to lighten up the poor moment in the competition after two bad performances away from their fans. In the last round, the team went to the home of Tottenham and came out of there defeated by 2×1, thus getting to their fifth defeat in six games. Before, the team had faced West Ham, also away from home, and left there defeated by 1×0. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulate ten defeats, two draws and five victories, thus occupying the sixteenth position in the table. For that game, the manager should keep the team in the 4-4-2 or 4-5-1.
Middlesbrough
The visiting team is currently in 14th place with 18 points, after 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Liverpool by (0-3). In the last match, won at home to Swansea City by (3-0). This is a team that curiously has been stronger outside than at home, because in the last 30 games it registers 4 wins, 9 draws and 2 losses as a visitor; Against 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in his stadium. His last away game for this competition ended with a 1-0 defeat by Southampton. In the last eight away games the Middlesbrough record 1 win, 5 draws and 2 losses, having won 8 points out of 24 possible.
For this competition, you have not won any of the last 7 games outside of your stadium. In the matches played outside the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 4 of their 9 matches. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 5 of the last 8 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 17 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 2 periods in the last 11 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (0’-15 ‘); Suffered 4 of his 10 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Middlesbrough take the field for their eighteenth straight English Premier League match after returning home to win their second win away from their fans. In the last round, the team received Swansea City at home and managed to apply a beautiful 3×0 thrashing, thus interrupting a sequence of two straight losses. Before, the team had faced Liverpool, also at home, and ended up thrashing 0x3. After seventeen rounds, the club accumulate four wins, six draws and seven losses, thus occupying the fourteenth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team in 4-3-3.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals @ 1.55