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Middlesbrough face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Tuesday evening, 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 just last season, in August 2005, with Tottenham H. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 18 Dec | Middlesbrough | 3 - 3 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Tottenham H. | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 28 Nov | Tottenham H. | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 09 Mar | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 17 Dec | Tottenham H. | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 26 Oct | Tottenham H. | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Spurs, with 5 goals against.
In complete contrast to Tottenham H., Middlesbrough are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Boro have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Tottenham H. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 19 points from their 15 games played so far, Middlesbrough find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 16 points from their 15 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Tottenham H. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Boro are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Tottenham H.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Tottenham H. | Won 7 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Middlesbrough | Not won in previous 12 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |