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Man City face a trip to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Monday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 35 and win only 9 of the 57 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2004, the Boro carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 30 Nov | Man City | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | Man City | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Middlesbrough | 3 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Feb | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 17 Sep | Man City | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 17 Apr | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Man City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Boro in those games, with 3 conceded.
Man City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Middlesbrough find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 25 points they have accumulated from 15 games. Man City's 20 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Man City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Man City on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Sky Blues. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Man City | 6 games since last defeat. |