West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st October 2024

When Middlesbrough come to The Hawthorns for the Championship match on Tuesday, West Bromwich will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Sitting top of the table, West Bromwich have claimed 16 points after seven rounds, while Middlesbrough have amassed 11 points and presently rank as number 8 in the Championship.

West Bromwich will be looking to open a further gap in the table on Middlesbrough when clashing in the Championship on Tuesday. The visitors will be eager to prevent exactly that from happening and they will surely want to keep tap on their upcoming opponent.

When it comes to goal-scoring West Bromwich could be more prolific, scoring 16 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.6 goals per game in which, they conceded eight times. This is an average of 0.8 a game, achieving a clean sheet in six games.

Middlesbrough scored 18 goals, conceded 11 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

West Bromwich took a hit when Middlesbrough handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-2 win.

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Prediction

West Bromwich Form

West Bromwich are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Portsmouth by 0-3, before beating Plymouth by 1-0. The winning streak came to an end against Sheffield Wednesday, who ran out 3-2 winners. West Bromwich won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Championship, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored five and conceded one goals.

Middlesbrough Form

Middlesbrough got a mix of results in their last three matches. An encounter with Preston brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Sunderland. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Stoke by a 2-0 scoreline. Middlesbrough won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says six goals conceded and nine scored.

For whatever reason, Middlesbrough and West Bromwich usually find goals tough to come by, when facing each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals our call here.

West Bromwich have taken four points from their last two games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of one goals to zero. Middlesbrough fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last one games against teams inside the top six. They were on target zero times in these matches, but also let in one goals. West Bromwich have a record of five wins, one draw and one defeat in the Championship this season. Middlesbrough enjoy a record of three wins, two draws and two defeats in the Championship.

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Squads

West Bromwich Squad

Corberan will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Middlesbrough from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Alex Palmer (0/7), Joseph Wildsmith (0/0), Ted Cann (0/0), Darnell Furlong (0/7), Gianluca Frabotta (0/4), Kyle Bartley (0/7), Mason Holgate (0/0), Patrick McNair (0/0), Semi Ajayi (0/7), Torbjoern Lysaker Heggem (0/7), Alex Mowatt (3/7), Callum Styles (0/1), Grady Diangana (0/5), Jayson Molumby (1/5), Jed Wallace (0/6), John Swift (0/7), Ousmane Diakite (0/5), Reece Hall (0/0), Tom Fellows (0/7), Uros Racic (0/4), Daryl Dike (0/0), Devante Cole (0/1), Fenton Heard (0/0), Josh Maja (7/7), Karlan Grant (1/7), Lewis Dobbin (0/6), Michael Johnston (0/3).

Middlesbrough Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Middlesbrough players that the manager Michael Carrick will choose from for the upcoming game:

Seny Dieng (0/7), Thomas Glover (0/0), Alex Bangura (0/0), Anfernee Dijksteel (0/3), Dael Fry (0/0), Darragh Lenihan (0/0), George Edmundson (0/3), Lukas Engel (0/3), Luke Ayling (0/7), Matthew Clarke (2/6), Neto Borges (0/4), Rav van den Berg (0/3), Tommy Smith (0/0), Abella Perez Damia (0/0), Aidan Morris (0/7), Daniel Barlaser (0/4), Finn Azaz (0/7), Hayden Hackney (1/7), Jonathan Howson (0/1), Riley McGree (0/2), Alex Gilbert (0/1), Ben Doak (1/3), Cristhian Stuani (0/0), Delano Burgzorg (0/7), Emmanuel Latte Lath (1/7), Isaiah Jones (0/7), Marcus Forss (0/0), Matthew Hoppe (0/0), Micah Hamilton (0/6), Tommy Conway (2/5).

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Team News

West Bromwich are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Middlesbrough.

West Bromwich are unable to field Daryl Dike this coming Tuesday against Middlesbrough, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Middlesbrough face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Tuesday against West Bromwich. Neto Borges is ineligible for selection in the Middlesbrough squad, as he is suspended.

Middlesbrough need to do without Ben Doak, Darragh Lenihan and Tommy Smith, who are not fit enough to travel to The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Lineups

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough H2H

West Bromwich lost to 1-0 Middlesbrough in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 4-2 win, which West Bromwich dished out the match before that. All in all, Middlesbrough have a fine reading on West Bromwich in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Middlesbrough to win this match at best price odds of 7/4.

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Results

Recent meetings between West Bromwich and visiting side Middlesbrough might have been action-packed, but not rich on goals. Backing under 2.5 goals was a winning bet no less than seven times in the last ten matches. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 10/11 with the bookies.

West Bromwich vs Middlesbrough Betting Tips

In their last 10 matches at The Hawthorns across all tournaments West Bromwich won four times, drew two and lost four times. Middlesbrough claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. West Bromwich kept a clean sheet five times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Middlesbrough have been able to keep a clean sheet in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. West Bromwich managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Middlesbrough averaging 1.3 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of West Bromwich’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Middlesbrough's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.