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Sheff. Wed. travel to take on Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Owls will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 27 and win only 9 of the 47 games.
The last time the two teams met at Middlesbrough was more than a decade ago, in March 2000, the Boro carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 15 Sep | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 3 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 25 Mar | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 26 Dec | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 27 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 3 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 03 Oct | Middlesbrough | 4 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 01 Mar | Sheff. Wed. | 3 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 18 Jan | Middlesbrough | 4 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Boro in those games, with 4 conceded.
The away form of Sheff. Wed. is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the The Owls have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Middlesbrough lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 58 points from their 42 games so far. Sheff. Wed. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 45 points from their 42 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Owls are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Middlesbrough. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Sheff. Wed. | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 8 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |