About Match
Nothing between them on points: 10 each, with Middlesbrough 2nd and Bristol City 4th. In league terms the two rates read 1.6/1 for Middlesbrough and 1.8/1.4 for Bristol City (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.43. If Middlesbrough win, their total rises to 13 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Bristol City, winners of their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 28 games: 6 Middlesbrough wins, 16 for Bristol City, 6 draws, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings.
Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, capacity 34,988, hosts the game.