Our prediction for this Championship match:
Swansea
Match Time & Date:
06/03/2021
16:00
Prediction: 1-0
Middlesbrough
Swansea City and Middlesbrough take on each other in a highly-anticipated Championship game at Liberty Stadium. The Swans aim to build on a come-from behind win over Stoke City, with the team eyeing a spot in top two. As always, a man to watch in the home team will be Ghana international Andre Ayew, who scored a late winner from the penalty spot on Wednesday evening. The likes of Benda, Bennett, Cullen, Morris, Routledge, and Rushesha could all miss out through injuries.
The Boro, on the other hand, did well to beat Coventry City on the road in midweek, with the team keeping their playoffs hopes alive. Even though Middlesbrough have been showing signs of improvement of late, we are tempted to put our money on the Swans, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. Both Browne and Fletcher are likely to miss the game with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Korey Smith):
After spending his youth career at Norwich City, Korey Smith made his first-team debut for the Canaries in January 2008 in the FA Cup clash against Charlton Athletic. Smith played 67 league games for Norwich City and he scored 4 goals for the club, but in 2013 he signed a two-year deal with Oldham Athletic.
The midfielder who was born on 31 January, 1991, scored one goal in 42 appearances for the club in the 2013/2014 campaign and on 27 June, 2014, he joined Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. It has to be noted that he won Johnstone’s Paint Trophy with the Robins in his first season with the team.
Korey Smith was born in Hatfield, England and he has two younger sisters, Alice and Harriet. Smith is a defensive midfielder, but he is capable of operating as central midfielder and right back as well. The Bristol City footballer also represented the likes of Barnsley and Yeovil Town (on loan) in the past.
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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