On not good start in their campaign, Middlesbrough host Sheffield United at the Riverside Stadium in the EFL Championship this Tuesday.
Middlesbrough are on a poor run at the moment and having won just two games in the league so far and are willing to get the season back on track. Neil Warnock’s side proved to be one of the strongest last season and missed out on the playoffs.
Middlesbrough are currently placed at the 18th position with 9 points from the 9 league fixtures so far. Middlesbrough come from a losing streak of two matches having lost to Blackpool and Reading and they come to this match to bounce to winning traits.
Middlesbrough have only won once in these fixtures with the win coming early in the season the match against Nottingham Forest. They kept a clean sheet with Onel Hernandez and Andraz Sporar on the score sheet for this side.
Sheffield United have had an impressive performance in the campaign with the need of promotion back to the top flight. Slavisa Jokanovic side has not lost in their previous five league matches and they come to this match looking to maintain the unbeaten consistency.
Sheffield had a slow start to their campaign, but are slowly making the climb to the top-most tier in the Championship. Sheffield lost on the opener match on home turf in the fixture against Birmingham before the draw against Swansea.
West Brom came on encounter on match day 3 thrashing Sheffield 4-0. Huddersfield followed in line to take the points before the draw against Luton. Sheffield’s win came in the sixth round in the impressive 6-2 match against Petersborough. Since then Sheffield have been impressive not losing any match to climb to the 11th position with 12 points.
Middlesbrough vs Sheffield United head to head
The two teams have had 16 encounters since 1994 with both teams on level of 6 victories and 4 draws. It’s important to note when playing at home, Middlesbrough have not lost to Sheffield in their last 6 encounters.
- Sheffield 1-0 Middlesbrough 13/02/19
- Middlesbrough 3-0 Sheffield 07/08/18
- Sheffield 2-1 Middlesbrough 10/04/18
- Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield 12/08/17
- Sheffield 1-2 Middlesbrough 09/04/11
Home
- Reading 1-0 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough 1-2 Blackpool
- Nottingham 0-2 Middlesbrough
- Coventry 2-0 Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough 1-1 Blackburn
Away
- Sheffield 1-0 Derby County
- Sheffield 2-4 Southampton
- Hull 1-3 Sheffield
- Sheffield 2-2 Preston
- Sheffield 6-2 Peterborough
Middlesbrough team news
Anthony Dijksteel and Marcus Browne will remain out on injuries. Matt Crooks is currently serving a suspension.
Sheffield team news
David McGoldrick, Jack O’Connell and Lys Mousset are all still unavailable due to injury.
Prediction and Odds
- Sheffield to win
- Scores under 2.5
