Middlesbrough are seeking their seventh straight win as they travel to Norwich City for a midweek Championship fixture. Norwich have found things difficult lately and with Boro flying at the moment, a win for the visitors could be on the cards.
Norwich City are coming off a 3-2 home defeat to Leeds United in their previous Championship fixture. They held a two-goal lead at the break thanks to efforts from Shane Duffy and Gabriel Sera but suffered a second half capitulation.
That result highlights Norwich City’s struggles at the moment as they are now winless in five of their last six Championship matches, suffering four defeats in that run. David Wagner’s men have been on a steady decline down the table and are now barely holding on to a place in the top half.
Things are just as rough for Norwich City at Carrow Road, where they have lost two of their last three home matches. Their situation has also been made worse by a lengthy injury list with Ashley Barnes, Joshua Sargent and Grant Hanley among the players currently sidelined.
In contrast to Norwich City’s problems, Middlesbrough are flying at the moment having won their last six matches. They appear to be fully over their early season problems and can put themselves in a playoff position if results go their way this week.
Middlesbrough travel to Carrow Road off the back of a 1-0 victory over Birmingham City in their previous Championship fixture. They were made to work hard by the visitors before Morgan Rogers struck the winner two minutes from time.
A solid defence appears to be the foundation of Middlesbrough’s reticent upturn in fortunes as they have kept clean sheets in four of their last five matches. That defensive solidity has also been evident on their travels as Michael Carrick’s men have won their last three away matches.
How the bookies view it
Despite all their problems, Norwich City have the slight edge among the bookies with a home win priced at 6/4 by bet365. A victory for Middlesbrough is valued at 9/5 by William Hill while a draw is set at odds of 13/5 by bet365.
Head to head
Norwich City and Middlesbrough have claimed 12 wins each with nine draws from 33 previous matches. However, Boro did the double last season, claiming a 2-1 victory at Carrow Road before running out 5-1 winners in the reverse fixture.
Players to watch
Jon Rowe will be the one to watch die Norwich City as he looks to add to his six Championship goals this season. Bet365 has the forward at odds of 7/2 to get on the score sheet on Tuesday.
Emmanuel Latte Lath could be worth keeping an eye on for Middlesbrough having scored in two od the last four Championship matches. William Hill is offering odds of 11/5 on the attacker to find the net on Tuesday.
Anything else catch the eye?
There have been goals for both teams in the last two meetings and a repeat could be considered at 6/10 by William Hill. The last meeting at Carrow Road produced over 2.5 goals which is priced at 8/11 by Betfred while Paddy Power is offering odds of 7/4 for over 3.5 goals.
Middlesbrough have opened the scoring in their last five matches and could be backed to grab the first goal on Tuesday at evens with BetVictor.
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