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MIDDLESBROUGH v MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH FACTS
MIDDLESBROUGH
12th place with 12 points
Highest realistically achievable after Saturday's matches: 10th
Lowest could fall: 14th
Lost one of the last six in all competitions - 2-1, away to West Ham last weekend.
Won one of the last five Premiership matches (2-3 at Aston Villa on 2 October).
Won three of their last eight in the Premiership.
The last three League games resulted in a win, a draw and a defeat in that order.
Failed to score in one of the last half dozen Premiership matches (0-2, home to Sunderland on 25 September).
Managed two top flight clean sheets so far this season, one in the last nine League outings, and none in the last seven.
Completed nine Premiership encounters since a goalless draw (home to Liverpool on the opening day, 13 August).
Conceded more Premier League goals in stoppage time than any other club (three).
The last three home Premiership matches have resulted in a win, a loss and a draw.
Failed to score in three home League games. One of three clubs to have missed the target in three Premiership games in front of the home fans. The others are Birmingham and Everton.
MANCHESTER UNITED
5th place with 18 points
Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 2nd
Lowest could fall: 8th
Scored 999 goals in 515 Premier League matches.
Undefeated in six games.
Won nine of the last 15 in all competitions.
Won every match in which Wayne Rooney has scored (17 so far - five this season).
Kept four clean sheets in nine matches in the highest League so far this term, but managed only one in the last six.
Failed to score just once in the last 14 Premiership outings.
Chelsea are the only club to have scored in every Premiership match this season.
Gone 10 matches in the highest League since losing by more than a single goal (1-3, home to Chelsea on 10 May).
One of four clubs still with an unbeaten away record in the top tier. The others are the top three; Chelsea, Charlton and Tottenham.
Won six and drawn one of the last six Premiership matches away from home.
Not lost a Premiership match on the road since a 1-0 reverse by Everton at Goodison Park on 20 April.
Failed to score in one of their last seven away League encounters.
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