Middlesbrough v Leicester City
Championship | Riverside Stadium
Saturday, 11 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Leicester City travel to the Riverside Stadium for Saturday's match against Middlesbrough looking to bounce back from defeat last time out in the Championship.
The Foxes, who sit top of the league after 15 games, fell to a 1-0 home defeat to Leeds United on November 3.
They face a Middlesbrough side who secured a draw in their last match, a 3-3 tie with Plymouth Argyle, and who sit 12th in the table.
With 29 goals in 15 games so far this season, Leicester are the league's second-highest scorers with 1.9 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in nine goals at a rate of 0.6 per game.
Middlesbrough are also above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have also conceded 1.5 goals per game.
City's Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is the league's most creative player, racking up six assists in 15 appearances so far this season.
For the Boro, Matty Crooks has set up the most goals, having laid on four assists in 14 games.
The hosts are in good form in the Championship, with four wins and a draw from their last six games.
With five wins and one loss over that period, the Foxes' form is slightly better – they have taken 15 points from 18, compared to Middlesbrough's 13.