Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough are one of the Championship's most organised and dangerous sides sitting 5th on the log with 72 points, in the play-off race and playing consistently excellent football. The hosts’ however arrive this fixture in a rather difficult run of form having failed to take a winning result since besting QPR (3-1) at the beginning of March. Each of their last six games have not yielded a victory at full-time. At the Riverside, Middlesbrough are in difficult territory having lost their past three league games in front of their own crowd.

Sheffield Wed

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Sheffield Wednesday entered administration in October 2025, were deducted 12 points for filing and a further 6 for failing to meet payment obligations meaning they start the fixture with 18 points total deduction factoring into their position. Wednesday are in grave danger of relegation. The visitors’ arrive this fixture without a victory in 11 straight games and ending up on the losing side in seven of those encounters. They can however take motivation from the successive stalemates against league leaders Coventry City and Charlton more recently. Without financial stability and with a squad that has been stripped of confidence, away at a Middlesbrough side fighting for play-off glory is one of the worst possible fixtures for the Owls