Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough meet at Hillsborough, in a match for the 22nd round of the Championship. The record of direct confrontations at this stadium is favorable to the away team, which in the last 3 matches won 3. Indeed, the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 07-22-2020, in a match for the Championship that ended with the victory of Middlesbrough by (1‑2). The goals of the match were scored by J. Murphy (10 ‘), for Sheffield Wednesday, and P. McNair (22’) and B. Assombalonga (90 ‘), for Middlesbrough. The home / away condition deserves particular attention, since despite this being a match between 23rd and 8th in the league table, it is actually a clash between the 19th ranked in home games and the 16th away.
Sheff Wed:
The home team is currently in 23rd position, with 13 points won, after 4 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Coventry City by (1‑0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Blackburn Rovers, by (1‑1). This is a team that tends to be more competitive at home, as they won 11 points in their stadium, where they scored 6 goals and suffered 7, against only 8 points away, with 6 goals scored and 15 suffered. For the championship, Sheffield Wednesday won 11 points out of a possible 30, after 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 games they played at their stadium. In their home league matches, the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (7 out of 10 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 21 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Sheffield Wednesday enters this game with a 1-1 draw, on the trip to Blackburn’s field, thus adding the second game in a row without losing in this second English: the only goal of the team was signed by Adam Reach. In this match against Middlesbrough, Mr. Tony Pulis must remain faithful to his tactical system, the 4-3-3, with Adam Reach, Josh Windass and Callum Paters being the most advanced men of the team: the second athlete is the great scorer of this team team with 3 goals scored. Dominic Iorfa and Julian Borner continue to recover from injury.
Middlesbrough :
The visiting team is currently in 8th position, with 33 points won, after 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Luton Town by (1‑0). In the last match, they won away against Birmingham City by (1‑4). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 23 points, against only 10 in their away games. For the championship, Middlesbrough won 10 points out of a possible 30, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 away games. In their away league matches, the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (4 out of 10 matches). In 20 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Middlesbrough club comes to this match motivated after having won, 1-4, on the trip to Birmingham, adding the third consecutive victory in this competition: the team’s goals were signed by George Saville, Lewis Wing, Britt Assombalonga and Neil Etheridge (own goal). Now, on this trip against Sheffield Wednesday, Mr. Neil Warnock should play 4-3-3 with Duncan Watmore, Marcus Tavernier and Britt Assombalonga as team attacking references: the last mentioned athlete is one of the best scorers in Middlesbrough with 4 goals. Out of this game are Grant Hall, Ashley Fletcher, Marcus Browne, all injured.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1,67
