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Middlesbrough pack their bags to visit Coventry City at Ricoh Arena on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 19 games played, Boro have recorded 5 wins, and Coventry City have come away with 9 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Ricoh Arena was more than three years back, in January 2006, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 08 Feb | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | FAC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 28 Jan | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 27 Oct | Middlesbrough | 3 - 0 | Coventry City | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 30 Dec | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Coventry City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 Aug | Coventry City | 1 - 3 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Coventry City | 2 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 19 Feb | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Sky Blues's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Middlesbrough have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Boro, and 9 goals against.
Coventry City's 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Middlesbrough are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 16 points from 8 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Middlesbrough are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | No sequences of note |
| Middlesbrough | 13 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |