Our prediction for this Championship match:
West Bromwich
Match Time & Date:
06/11/2021
16:00
Prediction: 2-0
Middlesbrough
Buoyed by a hard-fought 1-0 win over Hull City, WBA will look to retain third position in the standings when they face Middlesbrough at the Hawthorns. The Baggies are eyeing their fifth consecutive win in front of home fans, and it should come as no surprise the bookies see them as favourites to win Saturday’s clash. Both Mowatt and Tulloch should miss out with injuries, while O’Shea and Zohore are major doubts.
The Boro, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team losing to both Birmingham City and Luton Town in the previous two league fixtures. Middlesbrough have been struggling at the back of late, and they are unlikely to spoil WBA’s party at the Hawthorns. All Ameobi, Bola, Browne, Fisher, Fry, and Hall are likely to miss the game with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Callum Robinson):
Born in Northampton, Callum Robinson started his career at Aston Villa. Having gone through the youth ranks with the Villans, Robinson was given his first-team debut in 2013. As a product of the Aston Villa academy, Robinson unfortunately never got a chance to prove his worth at the club and ended up playing no less than 4 league appearances during his three-year stay at Villa Park.
Various loan spells – at Preston North End on two occasions and Bristol City – brought mixed fortunes for the striker up until 2016 when he sealed a permanent move with the Lillywhites. Robinson represented England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 levels but raised plenty of eyebrows when he declared for the Republic of Ireland in March 2018 through his late grandmother who was from Monaghan.
The striker made his senior team breakthrough in Republic of Ireland’s 2-2 draw with Celtic in Scott Brown’s testimonial match and will be hoping to prove doubters wrong and prove his motive is bigger than career opportunism.
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.
