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Middlesbrough face a trip to Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, the Addicks carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Mar | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 20 Oct | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 03 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Mar | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Charlton Athletic have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Addicks in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Boro have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Boro, and 4 goals against.
Charlton Ath. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 12 points from their 10 games played so far, Middlesbrough's 15 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Boro's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Charlton Ath., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Charlton Ath. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Middlesbrough | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |