Huddersfield vs Middlesbrough Predictions

• All but two of Boro’s 13 league games have featured less than 2.5 goals.
• Four of Huddersfield’s six home matches this term have also produced under 2.5 goals.
• Four of Middlesbrough’s six away matches have ended all square, with the same applying to Town’s last two Championship outings.

Scrappy Yorkshire Derby at the John Smith’s

These two sides toughed out a dull 0-0 stalemate in last season’s corresponding fixture and we’re forecasting a similar outcome in this Saturday’s clash at John Smith’s Stadium.

Middlesbrough go into the weekend just two points adrift of the Play-Off spots in seventh after a comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Derby on Wednesday – their biggest margin of victory so far this season.

With just two defeats from 13 and a six-point advantage over Town in the table, it’s no surprise that Neil Warnock’s side are favourites here to best the Terriers who are winless in four. Nonetheless, four draws from six on the road for Boro spells enough caution for backing the visitors, while their odds in the double chance market are too skinny to make appeal.

Instead, a wager on under 2.5 goals is the correct play, as that’s been the outcome in all but two of Boro’s 13 Championship outings this season.

Four of Town’s last six at the John Smith’s have also produced under 2.5 goals, so this looks nailed on to be another low scoring, scrappy affair between these teams who may well have to settle for another 0-0 at full time.