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Man. City prepare to entertain Middlesbrough at City of Manchester Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Sky Blues are clearly on top, having won 38 and lost only 10 of the 61 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was just last season, in October 2007, with Man. City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Wed 29 Oct | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 11 May | Middlesbrough | 8 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 07 Oct | Man. City | 3-1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Middlesbrough | 0 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 30 Oct | Man. City | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 02 Apr | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Middlesbrough is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Boro have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Man. City's 28 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Middlesbrough are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 22 points from their 24 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Sky Blues's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Middlesbrough. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man. City | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Middlesbrough | 7 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |