Middlesbrough v Sunderland Betting Preview – Premier League 26th April 7.45pm
Boro and Sunderland look likely to both be playing Championship football next season. Both have forgotten what a winning feeling feels like. Middlesbrough are a massive nine points from safety heading into this game and Sunderland are three points worse off than that. This is a basement-battle and even if a winner pops up in this game, it’s likely that they’ll both be losers at the end of the season.
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Middlesbrough v Sunderland Betting Tips
This is a tough game from the foot of the table and even if a winner is produced, it’s not likely to do much good in terms of surviving the season. Middlesbrough on a sixteen match winless streak in the top flight now and were smashed 4-0 at Bournemouth on the weekend after going down to ten men. Boro have failed to win any of their last seven league games on home soil now (D4 L3). They did take a 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland earlier in the season but are winless in their last three against the Black Cats at the Riverside (D2 L1). Middlesbrough have won just one of their last 10 North East derbies in the Premier League (W1 D6 L3). Boro have picked up seven 0-0 draws this season in the Premier League (more than any other team) and a 0-0 Correct Score at Bet365 is a quote of 17/2. The Riverside has seen fewer goals than any other Premier League ground this season (32 – scored 13, conceded 19).
If Sunderland were to put a win on the board in this one, then they would move level on points with 19th placed Boro. However, it wouldn’t get them off the bottom because of goal difference. But a win could breed a little confidence and they badly need some of that. Sunderland have taken only the two points from their last eight Premier League games now and have won just once in the top flight since Christmas. They are on a three-match losing streak away from home in the Premier League without a goal in that sequence. Jermain Defoe is on an eight-game scoreless streak now in the Premier League but he is up at 6/5 in the Bet365 anytime goalscorer market with Boro’s Alvaro Negredo leading the market at 13/10. Only Boro have managed fewer league goals in the top flight than Sunderland have this season, and Sunderland have scored in just two of their last dozen league games. But Sunderland have managed to score two goals exactly in three of their last four at the Riverside.
Middlesbrough v Sunderland Betting Odds
Boro 11/10, Draw 9/4, Sunderland 5/2
Middlesbrough v Sunderland Predictions
Draw: Hard to pick a winner from this contest, so just settle for the draw. There probably isn’t going to be a lot of goals flying around in this one, so look for a scrappy battle to play itself out with no winner.
