Middlesbrough Home Page for the 1952-1953 season

News Headlines

Is Martial better out wide?

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has been criticised for not using Anthony Martial as a striker, but is he more effective on the wing? The statistics throw up some interesting resultsâ¦

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The Manchester derby on Super Sunday may not be as pivotal in the title race as in previous seasons, but it still remains one of the biggest games in the Premier League calendar with both teams keen to get one over their city rivals.

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Klopp v Van Gaal

On Thursday, Jurgen Klopp and Louis van Gaal go head to head for the seventh time in their managerial careers when Manchester United look to overturn Liverpool's two-goal advantage in their Europa League last-16 tie. Ahead of the meeting at Old Trafford, we examine the history of their rivalryâ¦

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2 points for a win
Goal average applies when teams are level on points
England Division One (old)	Home		Away
1	Arsenal	42	1.52	54	W2-0	L1-2
2	Preston North End	42	1.42	54	D1-1	L0-3
3	Wolverhampton Wndrs	42	1.36	51	D1-1	D3-3
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	1.10	50	W4-2	L0-3
5	Charlton Athletic	42	1.22	49	W1-0	L0-2
6	Burnley	42	1.29	48	D2-2	W1-0
7	Blackpool	42	1.01	47	W5-1	D1-1
8	Manchester United	42	0.96	46	W5-0	L2-3
9	Sunderland	42	0.83	43	L1-2	D1-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	1.13	41	L0-4	L1-7
11	Aston Villa	42	1.03	41	W1-0	L0-1
12	Cardiff City	42	1.17	40	W3-0	D1-1
13	Middlesbrough	42	0.91	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	0.88	39	L1-2	L3-5
15	Portsmouth	42	0.89	38	W3-2	W4-1
16	Newcastle United	42	0.84	37	W2-1	L0-1
17	Liverpool	42	0.74	36	L2-3	L1-4
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	0.86	35	D2-2	L0-2
19	Chelsea	42	0.85	35	W4-0	D1-1
20	Manchester City	42	0.83	35	W5-4	L1-5
21	Stoke City	42	0.80	34	D0-0	L0-1
22	Derby County	42	0.80	32	W1-0	D3-3

2 points for a win
Goal average applies when teams are level on points

England Division One (old)

Home

Away

Res

1.52

1.42

1.36

1.10

1.22

1.29

1.01

0.96

0.83

1.13

1.03

1.17

0.91

0.88

0.89

0.84

0.74

0.86

0.85

0.83

0.80

0.80

	Middlesbrough
League Record
Rank	13th	7th	19th
Played	42	21	21
Won	14	12	2
Drawn	11	5	6
Lost	17	4	13
Form (6 games)
Rank	1st	2nd	5th
Record (W-D-L)	4-2-0	5-1-0	1-3-2
Goals (F-A)	20-7	16-3	9-9
Attack
Rank	9th	5th	16th
Goals scored	70	46	24
Failed to score	9	2	7
Since failing to score	6	7	3
Defence
Rank	18th	10th	19th
Goals conceded	77	27	50
Clean sheets	9	8	1
Current clean sheets	0	1	0
Goal Difference
Rank	12th	6th	18th
Goal difference	-7	+19	-26
Goal Total
Rank	6th	6th	6th
Goal total	147	73	74
Over 2.5 goals	25	14	11
Under 2.5 goals	17	7	10
Sequence Summary
Full	unbeaten in last 6
Home	won last 4
Away	unbeaten in last 3
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	2-2-4	4-2-1	1-2-6
w/o Loss-w/o Win	6-10	6-5	3-19
Score Distribution
Most common	D1-1	W1-0	D1-1
Occurence	6	3	4
	Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

13th

7th

19th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

1st

2nd

5th

Record (W-D-L)

4-2-0

5-1-0

1-3-2

Goals (F-A)

20-7

16-3

9-9

Attack

Rank

9th

5th

16th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

18th

10th

19th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

12th

6th

18th

Goal difference

-7

+19

-26

Goal Total

Rank

6th

Goal total

147

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

unbeaten in last 6

Home

won last 4

Away

unbeaten in last 3

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

2-2-4

4-2-1

1-2-6

w/o Loss-w/o Win

6-10

6-5

3-19

Score Distribution

Most common

D1-1

W1-0

D1-1

Occurence

Middlesbrough


English Division One (old)	13th	42	14	11	17	9	9	70	77	-7	.466
English FA Cup	Third Round	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	-2	.333
	TOTAL	43	14	11	18	9	9	71	80	-9	.456

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division One (old)

13th

-7

.466

English FA Cup

Third Round

-2

.333

TOTAL

-9

.456

Middlesbrough 1952-1953

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