Match Report
Brentford, 3rd with 87 points, sat 23 points above Middlesbrough (10th, 64). Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Middlesbrough ran at 1.2 scored and 1.15 conceded, Brentford at 1.72 and 0.91.
Middlesbrough had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Brentford, 10.
Across 14 recorded meetings, Middlesbrough have 7 wins to Brentford's 4, with 3 draws, at 2.64 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 36% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 64% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 57%.
Rockliffe Park in County Durham staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,988. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.