England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Middlesbrough and Birmingham City, taking place on Saturday, 21 October 2023, at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.
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Middlesbrough, Recent FormIn their previous league fixture, Middlesbrough managed a remarkable 4-0 away win against Sunderland. During that encounter they had 51% possession and had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target, while their opponents hit 3 of their 9 shots on goal.
Their boss Michael Carrick has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 13 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 6 goals conceded across those matches. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row, and are unbeaten home or away in their last 5 league games.
Riley McGree will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Middlesbrough.
Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 3-1 winners in their home fixture against West Bromwich Albion. In that game they had 40% possession and managed 11 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to West Bromwich Albion who had 10 attempts and 3 on target.
It seems pretty certain that John Eustace will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 8 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Birmingham City, Lukas Jutkiewicz will be looking to add more goals against Middlesbrough in this match.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Middlesbrough produced a comfortable 1-3 victory.
Middlesboro have scored in each of their last 3 league meetings with The Blues. Playing away from home, Birmingham have kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 3 league games against Middlesboro. The Birmingham defence tends to hold pretty firm when they visit The Boro in the league, with Birmingham conceding just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings.
Birmingham have lost the last 3 times they've faced Middlesboro in the league and have failed to win in their last 3 encounters.
In front of goal, Scott Hogan has scored 2 goals in the previous 3 league matches for Birmingham against Middlesboro at Riverside Stadium and will be confident of getting more of the same this time out.
There is only really one injury concern for the Middlesboro manager Michael Carrick ahead of this clash, with Lewis O'Brien (Ankle) missing out, which gives Carrick a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
John Eustace has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Keshi Anderson (Hamstring), Lee Buchanan (Ankle), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Hamstring) and Tyler Roberts (Calf)
Middlesbrough Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 54' | Time first goal scored | 45' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 68' |
| 1.4 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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