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Watford travel to take on Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 12 games played, Hornets have recorded 4 wins, and Middlesbrough have come away with 5 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Middlesbrough was back in May 2000, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Watford | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 06 May | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Watford | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 24 Oct | Watford | 1 - 3 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 13 Oct | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Watford | LGEC |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 07 Mar | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 03 Sep | Watford | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 22 Jan | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The Boro's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Watford have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Hornets have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 36 points from their 31 games played so far, Watford find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 31 games have yielded only 20 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Hornets could well see them head back from Riverside Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Watford | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |