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Man. City face a trip to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Wednesday 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 37 and win only 10 of the 61 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2008, with Middlesbrough annihilating their visitors 8 - 1 in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 15 May | Man. City | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 17 goals for the Boro, with 10 goals against.
The Sky Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Sky Blues, and 7 goals against.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 10 points from their 9 games played so far, Man. City's 13 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Man. City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sky Blues's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Middlesbrough, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Man. City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |