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Middlesbrough face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Boro will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 25 and win only 11 of the 46 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Tottenham H. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Sep | Tottenham H. | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Apr | Middlesbrough | 2 - 3 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 05 Dec | Tottenham H. | 2 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 18 Dec | Middlesbrough | 3 - 3 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Tottenham H. | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur 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, 12 to 10.
The away form of Middlesbrough is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.
Tottenham H. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 40 points from their 33 games played so far, Middlesbrough find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 35 points from their 33 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Tottenham H. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spurs, as the Boro have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Tottenham H. | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Middlesbrough | Not won in previous 6 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |