About Match
10 points for Middlesbrough (2nd), 9 for Millwall (7th): a 1-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Middlesbrough 1.6 scored and 1 conceded per game, Millwall 2 and 1.6, with the league averaging 1.43. If Middlesbrough win, their total rises to 13 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 29 games: 12 Middlesbrough wins, 11 for Millwall, 6 draws, at 2.52 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture.
The match takes place at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough (capacity 34,988).