Middlesbrough vs QPR prediction for Saturday’s Championship round 33 matchup at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough. Read on for our free predictions betting tips and preview.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Middlesbrough to Win – 1.74
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Over 2 Goals – 1.48
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Anytime Correct Score 1-0 – 1.44
Middlesbrough to Win
Middlesbrough are favorites to win this game after a very impressive five-match winning run at home. Boro have a 53% chance of winning according to their home games’ statistics which they eight. QPR have lost three of their last four matches.
Over 2 Goals
Considering the stats of the goals during the season, there is a 65% possibility that this match will produce over 1.5 goals. Moreover, Boro’s 13 of their last 14 games and QPR’s all of their previous eight matches ended with two or more strikes.
Anytime Correct Score 1-0
Middlesbrough scored first and took a 1-0 lead in eight of their 15 home games. In more recent games, Boro managed to go up by a goal in five of their seven league fixtures. QPR went down by a 0-1 score in 50% of their road games.
Middlesbrough
Fresh from their thrilling win over second-placed Sheffield United on Wednesday, Middlesbrough enter this match in high spirits. Boro have cut down the gap with the Blades to seven points now and are eying to avoid playoffs by finishing second.
Boss Michael Carrick’s team have now won their last four games and eight of their last nine Championship matches. As a result, a huge improvement can be seen in all of Boro’s stats most significantly the fact that they have picked up 2.63 points per game in eight rounds.
QPR
With their 0-3 home defeat against Sunderland in the previous round, QPR recorded their second consecutive defeat in the Championship. The Rangers are currently winless in nine games and have collected 39 points in the league from ten wins and nine draws.
QPR’s form saw a huge decline in recent weeks as we can see through the statistics. To point out, the Rangers managed to pick up 0.50 points per game in their last eight rounds which is 59% lower than their season’s average of 1.22 points per game.
Undoubtedly, Middlesbrough have a much better form this season and especially in the previous eight rounds. QPR’s vulnerability and weaknesses at the back make them the underdogs in this game. In conclusion, we will back Boro to win this game based on their superior home record.
In four of their last five matches at the Riverside, Middlesbrough scored two or more goals. Boro scored an average of 2.25 goals per game in the last eight rounds. With odds of 1.88 at 1xBet, we predict Middlesbrough to score over one goal.
Chuba Akpom is the Championship’s current top scorer with 17 goals. The Englishman has been in top form and netted three times in the previous three matches. Akpom is a prolific goalscorer and has a rating of 7.35 when playing as an attacking midfielder.
Aaron Ramsey and Matt Clarke are Middlesbrough’s two injured players ahead of this match.
QPR’s injury list includes Willock, Clarke-Salter, Dykes, and Balogun.
Middlesbrough: Steffen; Smith, McNair, Lenihan, Giles; Howson, Hackney; Forss, Akpom, McGree; Archer;
QPR: Dieng; Laird, Dickie, Dunne, Paal; Field, Dozzell; Lowe, Chair, Iroegbunam; Martin;
This match will be played at Riverside Stadium (Middlesbrough)
The starting whistle will sound on February 18th, 2023. 15:00 UTC.
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