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West Ham Utd. prepare to entertain Middlesbrough at Boleyn Ground on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Hammers are clearly on top, winning 57.69% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Boleyn Ground was just last season, in October 2005, the Hammers carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 23 Apr | Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | FAC |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 17 Apr | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 23 Oct | West Ham Utd. | 2-1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Middlesbrough | 2 - 2 | West Ham Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Hammers's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Middlesbrough's away form is none too clever either, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Boro have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
West Ham Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 23 points from their 30 games thus far. Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 36 points from their 30 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Boleyn Ground for the Hammers and the Madmen are unable to see past Middlesbrough claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham Utd. | Been beaten in each of their previous 4 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Middlesbrough | Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |