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Everton prepare to entertain Middlesbrough at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 39 of the 57 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was just last season, in September 2002, the Blues carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Wed 03 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Everton | LC |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 21 Sep | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Middlesbrough | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Everton | 2-1 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 10 Mar | Middlesbrough | 3 - 0 | Everton | FAC |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 01 Jan | Middlesbrough | 1 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Everton | 2 - 0 | Middlesbrough | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton 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, 8 to 7.
Middlesbrough have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Boro have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Everton find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 33 points from their 29 matches. Middlesbrough's 37 points from 29 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Everton only showing average form at home, the Madmen are expecting them to play out a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | 4 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Middlesbrough | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |