Middlesbrough vs Wigan Athletic Prediction: Wigan is winless against Middlesbrough since 2014

Middlesbrough is ready to welcome Wigan on Monday evening. Wigan is winless in their last 12 league meetings with Middlesbrough. Would Wigan be able to bounce back this time?

Middlesbrough's home performance seems awesome this season as they managed (W4 D5 L2) to win on four occasions out of eleven. They won their last home game against Luton Town (2-1). Earlier they played back-to-back draws against Bristol (1-1) and Huddersfield (0-0) at home. In their eleven home league games, Middlesbrough scored 13 goals against their visitors and conceded 11 in return.

Their away performance is a matter of concern this season as they managed (W4 D1 L7) to win on four occasions out of twelve. With 30 points in 23 games, Middlesbrough is sitting in the 14th position. They have netted 32 goals this season and conceded 30 in return.

Chuba Akpom is the team’s top scorer with 9 goals followed by Duncan Watmore (5) and Matt Crooks (4) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Steffen; Smith, Fry, Lenihan, Giles; Howson, Hackney; Jones, Akpom, McGree; Forss. 

Wigan's away performance looks decent as they managed (W4 D3 L4) to win on four occasions out of eleven. Their last away game against Millwall ended as a draw (1-1). In their eleven away league games, Wigan scored 14 goals against their hosts and conceded 14 in return.

Wigan's home form is a matter of concern this season as they just managed (L7 W2 D3) to win twice out of twelve games. With 24 points in 23 games, Wigan is sitting in the 23rd position. They have netted 23 goals this season and conceded 34 goals in return.

Will Keane is the team’s top scorer with 8 goals followed by Nathan Broadhead (4) and James McLean (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd place.

Jones; Darikwa; Whatmough, Tilt, Bennett; Power, Naylor; Lang, Keane, McClean; Broadhead. 

Wigan is winless against Middlesbrough since 2014 as they lost in their last four visits. On the other end, Middlesbrough looks promising with its home form. After analyzing all the facts, we are anticipating Middlesbrough to win the match. In this match, we can expect less than 2.5 goals as both teams have scored less than 3 goals in a face-off.