Fulham to pile on the misery for Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough vs Fulham - 26/10/2019

Championship | Preview

25/10/19

Fulham to pile on the misery for Middlesbrough

2303

Middlesbrough find themselves in a real mess down near the bottom of the Championship as Saturday’s hosts sit just one league position and 1 point above the relegation zone and third from bottom club, Huddersfield Town.

Middlesbrough grabbed a point at aforementioned Huddersfield Town during the week with a 0-0 draw at the John Smith’s Stadium and although this was a decent point on the road for Jonathan Woodgate’s side, this result has extended Boro’s winless run in the Championship to 6 matches.

Within this poor 6-match sequence, Middlesbrough have suffered 4 defeats to Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City and West Brom along with 2 draws with Preston North End and Huddersfield Town.

This means that Middlesbrough have gained just 2 points from the last possible 18 on offer and having won just 2 of their 13 matches played to date in this season’s Championship, Middlesbrough manager, Woodgate, is now living on borrowed time.

Boro’s current situation is worlds apart from last season’s as former manager, Tony Pulis, steered Middlesbrough to within a whisker of a play-off spot, but another defeat on Saturday to Fulham could seal Woodgate’s fate.

By contrast, Fulham sit just outside the play-off pack but level on points with 6th placed Preston North End ahead of this weekend’s action in the Championship, thanks to a midweek 3-2 home win against Luton Town on Wednesday night.

Scott Parker’s side started brightly enough despite an opening day defeat to Barnsley as The Cottagers won 3 of their first 4 matches of the season, but the London club then suffered a 4-match slump where they lost to Nottingham Forest and drew 3 on the trot with Cardiff City, West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday - which were not bad results in the big scheme of things.

Fulham have since returned to winning ways though as the visitors have picked up wins against Wigan Athletic, Reading and Luton Town, and another three points at the Riverside Stadium this Saturday against Middlesbrough could lift Fulham up into the top six.

After their loss at Barnsley, Fulham have lost just once in their subsequent 5 matches on their travels in the Championship but have picked up wins at Huddersfield Town and Reading.

Middlesbrough are in a real mess at the moment while Fulham have the prospect of moving up into the top six as incentive here. Fulham to sneak the points here.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

Middlesbrough Fulham 26/10/2019 16:00

233146

1 - 2

2.53

6°-7°

2.15

3.56 3.50 2.15 1 1 -1

0 - 0(0 - 0)

- - -

Championship

Birmingham City Norwich City 04/05/2024 13:30

Coventry City QPR 04/05/2024 13:30

Ipswich Town Huddersfield 04/05/2024 13:30

View all

Featured match

Cn1

Shanghai Shenhua Shijiazhuang 01/05/2024 14:00

Championship Regular Season

OVERALL TABLE		PTS	GP	W	D	L	+/-
1	Leicester City	97	45	31	4	10	50
2	Ipswich Town	93	45	27	12	6	33
3	Leeds United	90	45	27	9	9	39
4	Southampton	84	45	25	9	11	23
5	Norwich City	73	45	21	10	14	16
6	West Bromwich	72	45	20	12	13	20
7	Hull City	70	45	19	13	13	9
8	Middlesbrough	66	45	19	9	17	7
9	Coventry City	64	45	17	13	15	12
10	Preston North End	63	45	18	9	18	-8
11	Bristol City	62	45	17	11	17	6
12	Cardiff City	62	45	19	5	21	-14
13	Swansea City	57	45	15	12	18	-5
14	Watford	56	45	13	17	15	2
15	Sunderland	56	45	16	8	21	0
16	Millwall	56	45	15	11	19	-11
17	QPR	53	45	14	11	20	-12
18	Stoke City	53	45	14	11	20	-15
19	Blackburn Rovers	50	45	13	11	21	-16
20	Sheffield Wednesday	50	45	14	8	23	-26
21	Plymouth Argyle	48	45	12	12	21	-12
22	Birmingham City	47	45	12	11	22	-16
23	Huddersfield	45	45	9	18	18	-27
24	Rotherham	24	45	4	12	29	-55