Match Report
Middlesbrough, 5th on 76 points, faced a 23-point deficit to Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st, 99). Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Middlesbrough ran at 1.46 scored and 0.98 conceded, Wolverhampton Wanderers at 1.78 and 0.85.
Middlesbrough were unbeaten in 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Middlesbrough wins, 4 for Wolverhampton Wanderers, 0 draws, at 2.7 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 90% of the meetings.
The match was played at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough (capacity 34,988). Wolverhampton Wanderers led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.




