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Arsenal face a trip to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 62 games played, Gunners have recorded 23 wins, and Middlesbrough have come away with 24 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Arsenal inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Boro in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 22 Aug | Arsenal | 5 - 3 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 03 Feb | Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | Arsenal | 4 - 1 | Middlesbrough | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 20 Jan | Arsenal | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGEC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Arsenal | 4 - 1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 24 Aug | Middlesbrough | 0 - 4 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Middlesbrough are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Middlesbrough see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 4 points from their 4 games played so far, Arsenal's 6 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Middlesbrough. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Middlesbrough | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Arsenal | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |