Middlesbrough welcome the visitors Ipswich Town in the English Championship – Round 25. The match will be held on Saturday, December 29th, at the Riverside Stadium (Middlesbrough).
Middlesbrough’s December performance is bleak. They managed to gain only 1 win in 5 latest rounds, and they are winless at home in yet 4 consecutive matches. Furthermore, the team have dropped out from the League Cup, though they opposed the third division team there. Anyways, given Middlesbrough’s potential, their recession is temporal. Simply, the hosts were not lucky enough in their last home encounter – they squeezed Sheffield Wednesday, shot on target 10 times but failed to net though.
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Ipswich Town are the main relegation candidate in the Championship. They’ve had a half of their matches and are already 7 lines adrift of the safe 21th place. The main reason of their failing campaign is their defense problems. In 24 Championship rounds, Ipswich allowed 41 goals, which is league’s worst record. 25 goals of these were missed in outings. The team are also unconfident in their attack. They managed to make only 8 goals on their travels, which is also league’s worst away record. Not surprisingly, in their trips, the guests could attain only 5 points of 36 possible.
Though the hosts won only once in 6 latest rounds, they are still deservedly considered favorite in the coming match. Middlesbrough can play ‘to nil’ on their turf, moreover, their visitors scored only 2 goals in their 6 latest outings. That said, ‘Boro’ are capable of netting a few goals to the opponent, considering they miss at least twice per match throughout 11 latest rounds in a row. Moreover, Ipswich are fine with playing attacking football even against the Championship leaders, which leads to fails in their defense. Middlesbrough, on the contrary, are more comfortable with counterattacks. In their away clash with Reading, they counterattacked well and managed to get 3 points there. Ipswich will have to risk – their table placement requires them to do so, and the hosts will make good use of it.
Prediction for the match: Middlesbrough to win with -1.0 handicap.
