Middlesbrough vs Queens Park Rangers Prediction: The hosts are the favorites

Middlesbrough will welcome Queens Park Rangers to the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday. QPR lost their last four games on the road. Can they bounce back to winning ways here? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Middlesbrough

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Middlesbrough suffered a 1-0 loss to Swansea in their last game, when it appeared they were back to winning. They had won two straight games before losing in a post-5-game losing run. They have secured two wins in their last eight games at home to sit 9th on the table with 50 points in 36 games, scoring 55 goals and conceding 47. However, Alex Bangura (unknown), Riley McGree (muscle), Rav van den Berg (knee), George Edmundson (ankle), Luke Ayling (ankle), Seny Dieng (unknown), and Darragh Lenihan (ankle) are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Queens Park Rangers

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Queens Park Rangers suffered a 1-0 loss to West Brom in their last game to extend their losing run to three straight games. They have lost six of their last eight games and their last four on the road. QPR sit 14th on the table with 44 points in 36 games, scoring 41 goals and conceding 46. However, Zan Celar (muscle) and Jake Clarke-Salter (hip) are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Middlesbrough — Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, George McCormick, Neto Borges, Ryan Giles, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Morgan Whittaker, Finn Azaz, Tommy Conway.

Queens Park Rangers — Paul Nardi, Jimmy Dunne, Steve Cook, Ronnie Edwards, Kenneth Paal, Jack Colback, Koki Saito, Kieran Morgan, Ilias Chair, Min-hyeok Yang, Paul Smyth.

Match Facts:

• Boro lost six of their last eight games;
• QPR lost four of their last five games;
• QPR lost their last four games on the road;
• Boro have lost three of their last five games against QPR;
• Seven of the last nine games of Boro at home have seen less than three goals scored in each;
• Only five of the last 17 games of QPR on the road have seen more than two goals scored in each.

Expert Betting Tips

After losing six of their last eight games, Middlesbrough still struggles to find their footing in the league. Despite this struggle, I expect them to return to winning ways in this clash because QPR have not been superb on the road, losing their last four games. While I expect a narrow win for the hosts, I also expect a low-scoring encounter because of the recent results of both teams.

Our prediction for this match is for at least one side to keep a clean sheet for odds of 1.95 at Betway.

Our second prediction is to see less than three goals for odds of 1.87 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is for Middlesbrough to win with odds of 1.84 at 1xbet.