Our prediction for this Championship match:
Middlesbrough and WBA go head to head at Riverside Stadium in what is expected to be an interesting Championship game. Middlesbrough aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Bristol City, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Baggies. Duncan Watmore is pushing for a start, while Andraz Sporar is rated doubtful (illness) for the match. Matt Crooks serves a ban, with Riley McGree likely to step up. You should know that the Boro are eyeing their seventh consecutive win in front of home fans.
The Baggies, on the other hand, have been totally out of form of late, and given their five-game losing run on the road, we believe that home win should be considered. It has to be noted that WBA failed to find the net in nine of their last ten away fixtures in the Championship. Jake Livermore continues to miss out through suspension, while Grady Diangana and Callum Robinson are pushing for recalls.
Highlighted Player (Sol Bamba):
Souleymane “Sol” Bamba is an Ivory Coast international who plays for Leeds United in the Championship. The defender spent five years in PSG youth school (1999-2004) and he made no more than one league appearance for the first team.
In July 2006 he signed for Scottish team Dunfermline and after spending two years at East End Park, he moved to fellow Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in 2008. Sol Bamba played as a centre back for the Hibs and he was producing brilliant performances with the Easter Road outfit.
The Ivory Coast defender used to play for the likes of Leicester City, Trabzonspor and Palermo in the past as well and on 24 June, 2015 he signed a permanent deal with Leeds United. Bamba made his Ivory Coast debut in 2008 in a friendly game against Israel. Over the years he has established himself as Ivory Coast first-team regular, but he was surprisingly omitted from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Ivory Coast squad. Bamba is a 190-cm-tall centre back and he is well known for his aerial skills and brilliant tackles.
Highlighted Team (West Bromwich):
West Bromwich Albion Football Club (shortly West Brom or WBA) is an English football club which was founded in 1878 by employees of Salter’s Spring Works in West Bromwich (a small city in the region of West Midlands). West Bromwhich Albion hosts it’s home games in the Hawthorns stadium which holds a capacity of 26 500 seats.
West Bromwich Albion is one of the founders of the English Football League and is currently for over 90 seasons active in the highest division. WBA managed to win the FA cup 5 times in their history and the English Premier League once.
The club colors of West Bromwich Albion are blue and white. Known players in the history of West Bromwich are Bobby Robson, Nwankwo Kanu and Cyrille Regis.