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Middlesbrough face a trip to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 9 of the 41 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2004, with Middlesbrough inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Baggies in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 27 Nov | Middlesbrough | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Middlesbrough | 4 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 14 Nov | West Brom. | 1 - 2 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Middlesbrough | 3 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 30 Nov | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 04 Apr | West Brom. | 2 - 1 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 29 Nov | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Baggies 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 Boro's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
West Brom. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 26 points from 26 matches. Middlesbrough are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 28 points from 25 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Boro's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with West Brom., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | No sequences of note |
| Middlesbrough | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |