Bournemouth welcome Middlesbrough to the Vitality Stadium in an enormous Good Friday showdown within the race for promotion.
With Championship leaders, Fulham not in motion till Friday night, Bournemouth can lower their deficit right down to seven factors with a win.
Middlesbrough in the meantime can climb as excessive as fifth with victory if Blackburn, Sheffield United and Luton all lose elsewhere.
Group Information
Jordan Zemura is dominated out for Bournemouth after struggling a hamstring harm in final Saturday’s goalless draw at Sheffield United.
Kieffer Moore (foot), Junior Stanislas (hamstring) and David Brooks (sickness) stay absent.
Middlesbrough shall be with out Dael Fry after the defender suffered a calf harm in final weekend’s defeat towards Hull Metropolis.
Isiah Jones (sickness) is about to return however Martin Payero (ankle), Sammy Ameobi and Darnell Fisher (each knee) stay dominated out.
Stat Assault
- Bournemouth are unbeaten in three of their final 5 league conferences towards Middlesbrough (W2, D1, L2).
- Middlesbrough have received simply one among ten earlier away journeys to Bournemouth (W1, D4, L5).
- Bournemouth have crushed Middlesbrough 3-1 of their final two conferences on the Vitality Stadium throughout all competitions.
- Bournemouth have saved only one clear sheet of their final seven dwelling matches within the Sky Wager Championship (W4, D2, L1).
- Boro’s Matt Crooks has been concerned in 10 objectives this season, through which he scored eight objectives and offered two assists.
Prediction
Having fought their option to a goalless draw at Sheffield United regardless of not being at their finest, Bournemouth actually did properly defensively however there certainly must be some slight concern relating to their failure to attain in two matches given how tight the run-in is within the combat for the second promotion spot.
Boro in the meantime merely lacked a scientific edge regardless of largely dominating of their loss to Hull however can take coronary heart from how they’ve misplaced their final two matches by a single aim, regardless of missing that last contact which wants to vary now if they need a high six end.
I’m due to this fact anticipating a troublesome encounter between two groups who each want a win right here but when Boro can discover that penetrating edge and Bournemouth proceed to be wasteful, the primary aim might be essential together with defending from each groups.
Prediction: Bournemouth 1-1 Middlesbrough