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Manchester United and Middlesbrough meet at Old Trafford in a match of the 19th round of the Barclays Premier League. There is only one recent direct showdown between these two teams on 28-10-2015, which ended with Middlesbrough’s (1-3) win in the tie-breaker. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 6th and 15th of the overall standings, this is in fact a confrontation between the 7th in home games and the 10th as a visitor.
Manchester United
The home team is currently in 6th place with 33 points, after 9 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, he won out for West Bromwich by (0-2). In the last match, won at home to Sunderland by (3-1). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 17 points, scoring 13 goals and 11, and 16 points at the stadium with 14 goals scored and 7 goals conceded. In the last 9 home games for the league, Manchester United have 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, having won 16 points out of 27.
In this competition, you have not lost any of the last 7 games in your stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored because he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 6 of the last 9 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 home games in all competitions: he had 6 of his 17 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Manchester United team arrives for this motivated match after having won a 3-1 home win against Sunderland, adding to their fourth consecutive win in this competition. It is important to note that the home team has 4 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in all 9 games played in their domains. For this round the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho should keep the team in 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and organized attacks. Already Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the great highlight of Manchester United with 12 goals scored. In this match the coach will not be able to count on Bailly, Shaw and Rooney, all injured.
Middlesbrough
The visiting team is currently in 15th place with 18 points, after 4 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Swansea City by (3-0). In the last match, he lost out to Burnley by (1-0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves practically the same points at home and away, with 9 goals scored and 10 goals conceded at home, against 7 goals scored and 10 conceded. In the championship, Middlesbrough won 8 points in 27 chances, after 1 win, 5 draws and 3 losses in their last 9 games as a visitor.
For this competition, you have not won any of the last 8 games outside of your stadium. In his league appearances as a visitor the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 6 of their last 9 games by the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 away games for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: scored 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (0’-15 ‘); Suffered 4 of his 11 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
The Middlesbrough team arrive for this match with a 1-0 defeat at Burnley’s home, continuing in this way with many difficulties this season. For this round away from home coach Aitor Karanka should opt for 4-3-3, privileging his defensive sector, his midfield and also the direct balls for offensive Negredo. Noting that this player is the best scorer of the team with 5 goals in total. It is important to note that the visitors won only one win away from home, this being the second round of the Premier League. It seems that for this confrontation the coach will not be able to count on Ayala, Husband and Ficher, all recovering from injury.
Prediction: Manchester United Win @ 1,33