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Middlesbrough vs Sunderland Prediction & Betting tips
A real degradation duel can not be called, but especially for Middlesbrough, winning is a must. But then the chance of retention is as good as it seems.
Middlesbrough :
Middlesbrough we find back in the nineteenth place in the Premier League. Boro has a total of 24 points after 33 matches, meaning Middlesbrough has a backlog of no less than nine points at number seventeen Hull City. Middlesbrough still has a match, but even if Middlesbrough wins, the team will only have four matches to make up six points.
On Saturday, Middlesbrough went down again. On a visit to AFC Bournemouth, which could still be seen as a competitor before this season, Bournemouth drove no less than 4-0. This was due to the red card that Ramírez had already slipped under his nose after twenty minutes, but at that moment Middlesbrough was already behind 2-0. In that regard, it is a perfect summary of the season. It does not always matter, but Middlesbrough has also shown too little.
Middlesbrough did not know his last three games against Sunderland and, in addition, managed to win one of his last North East derby’s in the Premier League. There is still hope for Middlesbrough: since the start of 2012-2013, the ten matches between the nineteen and the twenty-one were won only once by the number twenty.
Probable setup Middlesbrough
Guzan, Fabio, Chambers, Gibson, Friend, Forshaw, De Roon, Clayton, Downing, Negredo, Traoré
Sunderland :
At Sunderland, they will have no hope of a miraculous escape. The Black Cats have just been able to escape degradation for a few seasons in a row, but this season it’s still the case. The backlog at number seventeen Hull City is twelve points, but Sunderland has played two games less. But even if Sunderland won those two matches, the backlog is still six points.
Last weekend, Sunderland took another point at home against West Ham United: 2-2. Sunderland showed enough passion and work for his own fans, but needed the three points tough. And those three points did not come. Still, Borini only managed to score the equalizer 90 minutes into the match. So with passion and effort, you do not save it: you also need quality.
That quality clearly does not mean Sunderland. At the time of graduation, Sunderland has been in the degradation zone for 236 days. In addition, Sunderland has stood at eighteen and 58 minutes against his opponents, longer than any other team in the Premier League. Even Jermain Defoe suffers from the moderate form of his team: The English striker has not scored any eight games (765 minutes).
Probable setup Sunderland
Pickford, Jones, Koné, O’Shea, Manquillo, Ndong, Cattermole, Rodwell, Khazri, Defoe, Anichebe
Middlesbrough vs Sunderland head to head
21.08.16 PL Sunderland Middlesbrough 1 : 2
30.10.12 EFL Sunderland Middlesbrough 0 : 1
08.02.12 FAC Middlesbrough Sunderland 1 : 2
(1 : 1)
29.01.12 FAC Sunderland Middlesbrough 1 : 1
10.01.09 PL Middlesbrough Sunderland 1 : 1