Middlesbrough vs Hull City Match Analysis & Prediction
19/04/2023 10:00 pm
Middlesbrough will be looking to keep their faint automatic promotion hopes alive on Wednesday night when the host Hull City at the Riverside Stadium in the Championship.
Boro beat Norwich City 5-1 at the weekend to send a message to those also fighting for a spot in the Premier League, while Hull extended their unbeaten streak with a goalless draw at Blackburn Rovers.
Michael Carrick’s side currently sit in fourth place in the league standings, eight points behind second-placed Sheffield United, although the Blades have played a game fewer.
Despite Boro’s recent run of one win in four matches seeming to have ruined their chances of finishing inside the top two, they will be fancied to win the playoffs if they qualify.
The Riverside Stadium has been a fortress for Middlesbrough this season, with the hosts only losing once on home soil since the middle of October. The defeat to Burnley at the start of this month was a result that sealed promotion for the Clarets.
Hull City extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to five matches on Saturday after a goalless draw at sixth-placed Blackburn, with goalkeeper Karl Darlow keeping his third clean sheet in the last four games.
The Tigers are currently 15th in the table, 11 points ahead of 22nd-placed Reading with just 12 points left to play for, and any type of result on Wednesday would mathematically secure Hull’s safety.
Sitting six points behind Watford in 12th place, Hull will be targeting a top-half finish in the Championship for the first time since their playoff-winning campaign of 2015-16.
Middlesbrough vs. Hull City Head to head
In the 24 previous meetings between these two teams across all competitions, Middlesbrough have claimed 11 victories while Hull have won nine, and they have drawn in four. Hull have scored 34 goals and conceded 37 in the process.
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24/11/2019Middlesbrough2Hull City2Championship
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02/07/2020Hull City2Middlesbrough1Championship
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02/10/2021Hull City2Middlesbrough0Championship
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09/04/2022Middlesbrough0Hull City1Championship
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01/11/2022Hull City1Middlesbrough3Championship
Middlesbrough Team News
Riley McGree remains around a month away from a first-team return following his ankle injury, further increasing the pressure on Cameron Archer and Chuba Akpom to fire in the goals.
Centre-back Matthew Clarke continues to struggle with persistent back issues and will miss Wednesday’s contest; the 26-year-old has not featured since October for Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough's Last 5 Matches
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18/03/2023Middlesbrough4Preston North End0Championship
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01/04/2023Huddersfield Town4Middlesbrough2Championship
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07/04/2023Middlesbrough1Burnley2Championship
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10/04/2023Bristol City2Middlesbrough2Championship
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14/04/2023Middlesbrough5Norwich City1Championship
Hull City Team News
Hull will be without the services of leading scorer Oscar Estupinan as the Colombian recovers from an ankle injury, meaning forwards Ozan Tufan and Adama Traore will lead the line again.
Brighton & Hove Albion loanee Aaron Connolly is sidelined for the remainder of the season after breaking his toe in February.
Hull City's Last 5 Matches
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18/03/2023Reading1Hull City1Championship
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01/04/2023Hull City0Rotherham United0Championship
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07/04/2023Sunderland4Hull City4Championship
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10/04/2023Hull City1Millwall0Championship
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15/04/2023Blackburn Rovers0Hull City0Championship
Middlesbrough vs. Hull City: Odds and Predictions
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