Our prediction for this Championship match:
Burnley
Match Time & Date:
17/12/2022
17:00
Prediction: 1-0
Middlesbrough
Burnley and Middlesbrough face each other at Turf Moor in what is expected to be a close Championship encounter. The Clarets are on a three-game winning run in the league, and they must be brimming with confidence following a thrilling 3-0 triumph over QPR. A man to watch in the home team will be experienced attacker Jay Rodriguez, who has already netted nine goals in the English second tier this season. Anass Zaroury is on international duty with Morocco.
Meanwhile, the Boro are eyeing their fourth consecutive league win. The visitors are only four points behind the playoffs berth, but seeing that Burnley have turned their Turf Moor into a real fortress, home win should be considered. In-form midfielder Matt Crooks is pushing for a start after scoring a late winner against Luton, whereas there are no fresh selection worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Lancashire.
Highlighted Player (Calum Butcher):
Calum Butcher is an English midfielder, who was born in Rochford on February 26, 1991. Butcher played for the youth teams of Ipswich Town, Southend United and Tottenham Hotspur and despite being a Spurs player he did not see any game action at senior level during his spell with the White Hart Lane outfit.
The 185-cm-tall midfielder, though, was named as a substitute for Spurs in a 1-1 draw with Shakhstar Donetsk in the UEFA cup back in 2009. Butcher played for the likes of Barnet (loan), Hjorring, Hayes & Yeading United, Dundee United and Burton Albion in the past before joining Millwall on August 25, 2016. He made his debut for the Lions two days after signing for the club, coming as a substitute in a 3-1 victory over Chesterfield.
Butcher scored his first goal for Milwall against Northampton on October 15, 2016. It has to be noted that the midfielder scored two goals in 32 appearances for the Lions in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Highlighted Team (Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough is a professional football club that have been balancing between the top two divisions of England’s league system in the modern history. Boro have been playing their home games at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 and their shirt colour is red. The capacity of the Riverside Stadium is 34,742. Middlesbrough impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and they did really well to secure promotion to the English top flight. Newcastle United and Sunderland are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but there is a rivalry with Leeds United as well.
Middlesbrough made it to the FA Cup final in 1997, but Chelsea proved to be a big catch for the Boro in the title game (0-2). However, the Riverside Stadium outfit did remarkably well to win the League Cup trophy in 2004, with the team beating Bolton Wanderers in the final. George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Juninho Paulista, Gareth Southgate, Jonathan Woodgate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Tuncay Sanli and Hamilton Ricard are the star footballers who left their mark at Middlesbrough.
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