Recommended bet
Our recommended bet for Saturday’s clash at the Riverside Stadium comes in the form of a draw between Middlesbrough and Preston North End, featuring a goal from Chuba Akpom.
A £10 wager for such an outcome will secure you a return of £120 with Betway.
Match preview
Two sides in the midst of fine respective recent spells of form are set to lock horns in a Championship clash at the Riverside Stadium this Saturday, March 18th.
The matchup in question will see promotion-chasing Middlesbrough act as hosts, in a meeting with Preston North End.
Beginning with the former, Middlesbrough, of course, have long proven themselves one of the talking points of the season in England’s 2nd tier.
This comes with the Yorkshire club, since the instillation of Michael Carrick as head coach late last year, having soared from relegation candidates to legitimate contenders for an automatic promotion berth.
One such instance of dropped points on the part of Carrick’s men, though, did come this past Tuesday night.
Despite Championship top scorer Chuba Akpom netting for the third game on the spin, Wolverhampton Wanderers loanee Ki-Jana Hoever’s equaliser on the stroke of the interval ultimately proved decisive en route to a 1-1 stalemate with Stoke City.
Sheffield United’s ensuing win over Sunderland, in turn, means that Middlesbrough now sit six points adrift of the 2nd-placed Blades.
And an immediate return to winning ways on the part of Saturday’s hosts will likely prove no easy result to come by at the Riverside.
This comes with upcoming opponents Preston, as alluded to above, having too long established themselves as something of a tough nut to crack.
The Lilywhites, all told, are currently in the midst of a seven-game unbeaten streak.
This includes wins in three of their last five, and each of the club’s last two.
After making short work of relegation-battling Cardiff City at Deepdale at the weekend, Ryan Lowe’s troops followed up with a hard-fought 2-1 downing of Rotherham United on Tuesday night.
Preston, in turn, have surged back into the top half of the table, seven points adrift of the promotion playoff spots.
We at 101, however, are nevertheless backing hosts Middlesbrough, just, to have too much for the travelling Lilywhites in north Yorkshire on Saturday evening.
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