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Middlesbrough play host to Peterborough United at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Boro.
The last time the two teams met at Middlesbrough was well over fifteen years ago, back in October 1993, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 28 Nov | Peterborough | 2 - 2 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 12 Feb | Peterborough | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 30 Oct | Middlesbrough | 1-1 | Peterborough | CHMP |
| 1991/1992 | Wed 12 Feb | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Peterborough | LGEC |
| 1991/1992 | Wed 08 Jan | Peterborough | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 1978/1979 | Tue 05 Sep | Peterborough | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 1978/1979 | Tue 29 Aug | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Peterborough | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
The away form of Peterborough is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Posh have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Middlesbrough lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 41 points from their 30 games so far. Peterborough find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 30 games have yielded only 21 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Middlesbrough are not exactly setting the world alight at Riverside Stadium at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Peterborough in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Peterborough | Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 16 away matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |