H2H: Middlesbrough vs Nottingham Forest – Prediction (Championship

H2H: Middlesbrough v Nottingham – Comparison.

With 43 competitive goals, Britt Assombalonga became Middlesbrough’s highest scoring player in this century last time out. With a last-gasp winner in Hughton’s first away game in charge, Joe Lolley is still the only Forest player to score in a win for his side this term. Both teams have scored in just one of seven prior meetings between Warnock and Hughton.

Middlesbrough Insights.

Middlesbrough have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four games, and boast their longest unbeaten league streak (W3, D4) since a seven-game run in 2018/19. In Halloween-esque spooky fashion, Middlesbrough have won all three games played on 31st October across the last decade, with both home wins being accompanied by a clean sheet. Since Neil Warnock’s appointment, Boro have seen just eight (32%) of their 25 points gained come via home games. That said, he has brought back some solidity, with Boro yet to be beaten here this Championship campaign (W2, D2). Moreover, Warnock has lost just one of his last seven home career clashes with Nottingham Forest (W3, D3, L1) with each victory seeing a single-goal margin.

Nottingham Insights.

In contrast, visiting Forest have won just one league game (W1, D3, L4), picking up less points and scoring less (0.63 per-match on average) than at this stage of any of their last ten second-tier campaigns. However, Chris Hughton’s appointment this month has steadied the ship, as Forest are yet to lose under his leadership (W1, D3). Away from home, each of Forest’s last nine competitive matches have produced under 2.5 total goals, and as such, they produced a paltry 1.5 total goals per away match average this term in the league. Even so, Hughton could yet see another plucky display from his side, given that he has drawn on three of his five visits here (W1, D3, L1).