About Match
Middlesbrough go into the game 2nd in the table on 10 points; Wolverhampton Wanderers sit 9th on 8 — a 2-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Middlesbrough 1.6 scored and 1 conceded per game, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.6 and 2, with the league averaging 1.43. Middlesbrough would climb to 13 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Across 11 recorded meetings, Middlesbrough have 6 wins to Wolverhampton Wanderers's 5, with 0 draws, at 2.73 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 82% of the meetings.
Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, capacity 34,988, hosts the game.