Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Championship | Ashton Gate
Saturday, 25 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Middlesbrough travel to Bristol City on Saturday in the Championship.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Leicester City 1-0 at home, with a goal from Sam Greenwood.
The Robins, meanwhile, drew their last match, 0-0 against Queens Park Rangers.
In the last 10 years, City and Middlesbrough have played each other on 14 occasions. City won seven of them, Middlesbrough four, and they drew three times.
On average, the Robins scored 1.4 goals and the Boro 1.1 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on April 10, when they played out a 2-2 draw.
With 16 goals in 16 games so far this season, City are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.0 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 16 goals at a rate of 1.0 per game.
Middlesbrough, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have also conceded 1.4 goals per game.
The Robins are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.
With four wins and a draw over that period, the Boro's form is much better – they have taken 13 points from 18, compared to the hosts' seven.
The away team are 10th in the table after 16 games, of which they have won seven and drawn three, earning 24 points.
City are one place behind Middlesbrough in 11th, with six wins and four draws putting them on 22 points.