Our prediction for this Championship match:
Sunderland
Match Time & Date:
22/01/2023
13:00
Prediction: 1-2
Middlesbrough
Sunday’s football game between Sunderland and Middlesbrough will bring down the curtain on day 28 of the 2022/2023 Championship campaign. The Black Cats failed to impress in a 3-1 loss to Swansea City, but a win over Boro will see them stay in the playoffs berth. Luke O’Nien is banned for the match, while Danny Batth should be recalled to the starting XI. All Dennis Cirkin, Elliot Embleton, and Aji Alese are out of contention with injuries.
The visitors, on the other hand, are eyeing their fifth consecutive league win. Middlesbrough want to move closer to automatic promotion berth, and seeing that Sunderland experienced all sorts of problems at the back in the last league fixture, we are tempted to put our money on the visiting side. Defensive trio Dijksteel – Lenihan – Clarke remain on the sidelines through injuries.
Highlighted Player (Alex Pritchard):
Born on the 3rd of May, 1993, Alex Pritchard is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Huddersfield Town in the Championship. The English International has represented his nation at the under-20 and under-21 level, making his debut for the latter against Lithuania on the 5th of September, 2014.
The Orsett local began his club career at West ham's academy but later joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy in 2009. After establishing himself in the reserves, Pritchard signed his first professional contract with the club in 2011. However, he only ever made two appearances for the club, spending most of his time out on loan. Pritchard's first professional appearance came on the 2nd of February, 2013, in a 2-2 draw, playing in a Championship game for Peterborough United.
His primary professional goal meanwhile came playing for Swindon Town in August 2013, in a 2-0 league cup win over QPR. Further Loan stints at Brentford and West Brom succeeded his time at Swindon before he finally left spurs permanently to sign for Norwich City in 2016 on a four-year deal. A couple of seasons later, in 2018, Norwich sold the 26-year-old to Huddersfield, where he is currently on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
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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