Championship: Burnley vs Middlesbrough – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 4 match between Burnley and Middlesbrough and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Burnley hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites on Wednesday when they welcome Middlesbrough over to the Turf Moor for a round 4 match.

A glance at the Championship table reveals that the current difference between the teams is five points and 17 places.

Team form: Burnley vs Middlesbrough

Burnley Form

In their last three matches, Burnley lost 3-1 against West Bromwich, drew 0-0 with Bradford, before losing to Norwich by 4-1. Burnley won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Championship, where they also drew twice and went undefeated. They scored ten goals and conceded six times.

Middlesbrough Form

Middlesbrough won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-1 against Blackburn, before beating Doncaster 1-3. Another win followed, this time by 3-1 against West Bromwich. Middlesbrough came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by nine goals to seven.

Betting stats and facts for Burnley and Middlesbrough

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Burnley and Middlesbrough. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Burnley vs Middlesbrough

Burnley against Middlesbrough is also a battle between Zian Flemming and Will Lankshear with both in decent form. The former scored four while the latter has four Championship goals in their last six games respectively.

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Full-time result

In their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments Burnley won none, drew six and lost four. Middlesbrough won three, drew five and lost two of their previous 10 games away from home. Burnley are on a fantastic streak of no less than 25 matches in a row without defeat as the home side. Middlesbrough conceded a goal in their 6 most recent matches. Burnley have not lost to Middlesbrough in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Burnley scored the first goal of the match in just one out of the last ten games at home. Middlesbrough scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Burnley played. Middlesbrough will feel optimistic about scoring on Wednesday with Burnley managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to one clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Middlesbrough have scored in 4 consecutive meetings with Burnley when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Burnley, who scored an average of one goal along the way. In the last ten games for Middlesbrough, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves. Burnley scored at least one goal in their last 8 matches. Middlesbrough conceded a goal in their last 6 matches.