Middlesbrough vs Burnley Predictions and Betting Tips | December 29th 2024

Middlesbrough will host Burnley at Riverside on Sunday night in another round of the 2024-25 EFL Championship campaign. The hosts will hope to pick up a win and potentially move into promotion playoff spots going into the new year.

Boro have dropped points in back-to-back games with 3-3 draws against bottom-placed Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday. Michael Carrick’s side, who sit in seventh place in the division, went 3-0 up in the opening 30 minutes against the latter this midweek but failed to see out the win and will now hope to pick up a second victory in six games when they host third-placed Burnley.

Burnley go into the weekend high on confidence after extending their unbeaten run to 10 games with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sheffield United on Boxing Day. The visitors, who have won three in a row, have only lost twice all season and a victory on Sunday could see them go top of the table heading into the new year.

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Middlesbrough vs Burnley Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have met on 70 previous occasions going into this weekend’s fixture. Middlesbrough have won 23 of those games, 20 have ended in draws while Burnley have won the remaining 27.
• The hosts are winless in the last seven editions of this fixture, having scored only five and conceded 10.
• The visitors have failed to get on the scoresheet in four of the last 10 matches in this fixture.
• Michael Carrick's men have scored 41 goals in 23 league games this season. Only league leaders Leeds United have scored more (43).
• The Clarets have by far the best defensive record in the English second division, with only nine goals conceded across 23 matches.

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Middlesbrough vs Burnley Prediction

The two teams are closely matched going into the weekend. Middlesbrough will be boosted by their home advantage but will need to improve their defensive showings if they are to get a point against Scott Parker's side.

Burnley’s remarkable recent form and their league-leading record on the road this season will be confidence boosters when they make the trip to Riverside. They are, however, going up against a rampant Boro outfit and may have to settle for a point here.

Prediction: Middlesbrough 2-2 Burnley

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Middlesbrough vs Burnley Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts' last six games have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in five of their last seven matchups)