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West Brom vs Middlesbrough Prediction & Betting tips
Besides the confrontation between the numbers one and two of the Championship, the fourth and fifth team of the second league of England also play against each other this weekend. The winner of this confrontation can take an important step towards the playoffs at the end of the season. A preview!
West Bromwich Albion:
Many football experts indicated at the beginning of this season that West Bromwich Albion would experience a transition year. The Baggies had just been relegated from the highest division in England and would start the campaign in the Championship with a fresh wind. That the team in the beginning of February with a deficit of only four points on the number two in the fourth place would have had little expected. Darren Moore, the coach who took the helm at West Brom at the end of last season, has managed to build an attacking machine that few teams have an answer to. With 57 goals from 28 games, The Baggies still score the most goals of the Championship.
On the last day of the transfer period, West Brom was also very active to expand these attacking qualities. Two attackers and a midfielder have been hired by The Baggies until the end of the season. Jacob Murphy comes from Newcastle United, Jefferson Montero is hired by Swansea City and his defensive midfielder Stefan Johansen has been loaned to London by Fulham. Moore: ‘All three have a lot of experience and know how the game is played in the Championship. They are good players with many individual qualities that we will benefit from as a team. ‘
Middlesbrough:
Since December 29 last year, Middlesbrough has been unbeaten in six games. Yet reality is somewhat masked by this statistic. For example, 1-1 was played against low flyer Millwall and did not manage to beat Newport in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The number 13 of the League Two (!) Held Boro on a 1-1 tie at the Riverside Stadium and will therefore receive the team from Tony Pulis next week in the replay. Middlesbrough also played with a team at full strength in which, among others, the (new) experienced rotten John Obi Mikel had a basic place. Should Middlesbrough with Newport know, Manchester City will be the opponent in the fifth round of the cup tournament.
In the meantime, it becomes clear once again that Pulis is not a coach who lets his teams play football for which you come to the stadium. Of the top 19 (!) Teams of the Championship Boro has scored the lowest number of goals with 31 goals. On the other hand there are 20 goals, the lowest number of the entire competition. Taken together, an average score of 1.8 times per Boro match is scored. A gigantic contrast with the average of 3.3 per match of contending opponent West Brom.
West Brom vs Middlesbrough head to head matches
24.08.18 CHA Middlesbrough West Brom 1 : 0
31.01.17 PL Middlesbrough West Brom 1 : 1
28.08.16 PL West Brom Middlesbrough 0 : 0
17.04.10 CHA West Brom Middlesbrough 2 : 0
19.09.09 CHA Middlesbrough West Brom 0 : 5