Bristol City
- Boro are second in the league on 42 points from 21 games, while the Robins are 11th with 30 points from the same number of matches.
- Gerhard Struber has the Robins playing an intense, high-octane style that is high risk and high reward.
- He gets Bristol City pressing high up the field and they can be a real nuisance when they win the ball back and can transition rapidly.
Middlesbrough
- Middlesbrough have won four of their last five matches and are on a four-game winning streak.
- They are neat and solid in their approach with a three-man defense that is usually compact and well-structured.
- Their wing-backs provide width and their attacking play is about being direct and vertical.
Head-to-Head
- Bristol City have won the last two meetings, including a 2-1 home victory nine months ago.
- Middlesbrough have failed to win on any of their last three trips to Bristol City.
Key Players
- Anis Mehmeti is the main attacking force for Bristol City with six goals in 21 Championship appearances this season.
- Middlesbrough have a red-hot frontman in Morgan Whittaker with eight goals in 20 league matches, five of which have come in the last five fixtures.
Betting Insights
- Boro are the slight favorites with the bookmakers at 2.56 to win while Bristol City are 2.61 and the draw is at 3.35.
- The Teesiders have won five, drawn four and lost only two of their 11 away Championship matches this season.
- Boro have scored 17 times on the road, a pretty good effort for a team that sets up to be solid and disciplined in its system.
- Bristol City have won four, drawn three and lost four of their 11 home Championship matches this term, averaging 1.45 goals per game scored and 1.18 goals per game conceded.
- The ‘Both Teams to Score’ market is around even money at 2.06.
Prediction
- Boro have won their last four, back-to-back wins over Charlton Athletic and QPR, so have that extra momentum to carry them into this one.
- Those prices are not too far out but we are going to take the visitors at around even odds because of their better form and away record.
- with the visitors in good shape and the hosts in a little bit of a rut, there is a little more value in taking them to get a result.
