Middlesbrough vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd September 2023

The spotlight is on Middlesbrough and Southampton, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Saturday at Riverside Stadium in the Championship.

Placed 24 in the table Middlesbrough have amassed two points after seven matches. On ten points, Southampton rank 11 with seven matches played this season.

Following some poor performances in the season-opening of this Championship campaign, Middlesbrough desperately need some points from the match against Southampton to get on track.

Middlesbrough are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net six times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.6 goals per game, as they conceded 16 goals. They managed one clean sheet in these matches.

Southampton scored 19 times in their previous ten matches, an average of 1.9 per game. They also conceded 20 goals for an average of two a game, pulling off one clean sheet in these.

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Prediction

Middlesbrough Form

In their last three matches, Middlesbrough lost 0-2 against Queens P.R., 2-1 against Blackburn and drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday. In their last six Championship matches at home, Middlesbrough have one win, while they've drawn two and lost three.

Southampton Form

Southampton endured a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 5-0 by Sunderland, before Leicester ran out 1-4 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Ipswich, who came out 0-1 winners.

We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Middlesbrough welcome Southampton on Saturday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.

Middlesbrough claimed zero wins, two draws as well as five defeats in the Championship this season. Southampton are looking at three wins, one draw and three defeats in the Championship.

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Squads

Middlesbrough Squad

The 42-year-old Middlesbrough manager, Michael Carrick, will select the lineup against Southampton from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Championship this season):

Jamie Jones (0/0), Seny Dieng (0/7), Thomas Glover (0/0), Dael Fry (0/7), Hayden Coulson (0/2), Matthew Clarke (0/0), Patrick McNair (0/4), Rav van den Berg (0/4), Tom Smith (0/1), Abella Perez Damia (0/0), Anfernee Dijksteel (0/0), Daniel Barlaser (0/2), Darragh Lenihan (1/7), Hayden Hackney (1/7), Jonathan Howson (0/6), Lewis O'Brien (0/0), Lukas Engel (0/4), Matt Crooks (1/6), Riley McGree (0/7), Alex Bangura (0/0), Alex Gilbert (0/0), Cristhian Stuani (0/0), Emmanuel Latte Lath (1/4), Isaiah Jones (0/6), Josh Coburn (0/4), Marcus Forss (1/5), Morgan Rogers (0/7), Sam Greenwood (0/0), Samuel Silvera (0/7).

Southampton Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Southampton head coach Martin will select from for his starting XI:

Alex McCarthy (0/0), Gavin Bazunu (0/7), Joe Lumley (0/0), Jack Stephens (0/4), Jan Bednarek (1/6), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/7), Mason Holgate (0/0), Shea Charles (0/6), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (0/0), Carlos Alcaraz (0/6), Flynn Downes (0/0), James Bree (0/0), Joe Aribo (0/6), Ryan Fraser (0/4), Ryan Manning (0/7), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/3), Stuart Armstrong (0/7), William Smallbone (0/5), Adam Armstrong (4/7), Che Adams (3/6), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/2), Ross Stewart (0/0), Samuel Edozie (2/7), Sekou Mara (0/4).

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Team News

Middlesbrough have nearly their entire roster available for their match against Southampton at Riverside Stadium, with only one potential absentee.

Due to an injury, Middlesbrough are unable to field Anfernee Dijksteel in the line-up for the this coming Saturday against Southampton.

Southampton have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Middlesbrough this coming Saturday.

Names like Jack Stephens, Juan Larios and Ross Stewart most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Lineups

Middlesbrough vs Southampton H2H

Southampton lost 2-1 against Middlesbrough in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-0 defeat, Southampton handed out in the match before. Middlesbrough picked up three wins in their previous ten matches against Southampton, while the latter claimed four wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 23/10.

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Results

Middlesbrough vs Southampton Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Matt Crooks will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Southampton hope Adam Armstrong can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

In their last 10 matches at Riverside Stadium across all tournaments Middlesbrough won three times, drew two and lost five times. Southampton claimed three wins, two draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. While Middlesbrough might manage to fight their way to three points this coming Saturday at Riverside Stadium, they'll probably allow their visitors a say in the matter as well. The home side claimed just one wins to nil in their last 10 matches at home.

In the past two encounters between Middlesbrough and Southampton over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Middlesbrough scoring an average of one goal per game. Southampton averaged two goals, while both teams scored one time. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Middlesbrough’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Southampton, who managed to hit the net 1.4 times on average in these games.