Middlesbrough Leeds United betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 20^th position of the league, with 37 points won, after 8 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Luton Town, by (0‑1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Barnsley, by (1‑0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 12 points in away matches, with 18 goals scored and 28 conceded, against 25 points won at their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 10 home league matches Middlesbrough has a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 17 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (8 out of 17 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 13 of the last 17 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 20 of their 34 matches for this competition, and have only turned the score around in 1.

Middlesbrough comes for this match after a 1-0 defeat in the visit to Barnsley, thus totaling the eighth consecutive match without winning in this second English division. In this match against Leeds United, the coach Jonathan Woodgate should play in the usual 4-3-3 with McNair and Saville being the main organizers and creators of the offensive process. Ashley Fletcher is this team's top scorer with 8 goals scored. List of unavailable players due to injury: Dael Fry, Roberts and Dijsteel and Ayala.

Confirmed Lineup: Aynsley Pears, George Friend, Hayden Coulson, Harold Moukoudi, Ryan Shotton, George Alan Saville, Marcus Tavernier, Lewis Wing, Jonathan Howson, Ashley Fletcher.
Coach: A. Clayton, C. Wilder.