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Everton face a trip to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 60 games played, Toffees have recorded 15 wins, and Middlesbrough have come away with 26 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sun 06 Nov | Everton | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 26 Oct | Everton | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 16 Jan | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 19 Sep | Everton | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Everton | 1 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Everton | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 21 Sep | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 19 goals for the Boro, with 10 goals against.
In complete contrast to Middlesbrough, Everton are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Toffees have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Middlesbrough find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 43 points from their 34 matches. Everton see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 46 points from their 36 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Everton | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Toffees are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Middlesbrough. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | 16 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
| Everton | Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 6 most recent games. |