Bitesize Prediction: West Brom vs Middlesbrough – 16/01/26

Competition: Championship

Market: Over 1.5 goals

Odds: 2/5 @ 1xBet

Looking to move within touching distance of top spot in the Championship table, Middlesbrough will travel to West Brom on Friday night.

Starting with the hosts, while West Brom might have extended on their FA Cup adventure last weekend as they secured a nail-biting penalty shootout victory, the Baggies find themselves at the heart of a public Championship nightmare. Scrapping it out in the bottom-half of the table and with some around the Hawthorns potentially looking over their shoulder at a looming relegation scrap, new boss Eric Ramsay has a major jobs on his hands in the Midlands. Last seen in Championship action getting hit with a 2-1 loss against Leicester, West Brom have lost four of their previous five second-tier appearances. Signing off 2025 with another 2-1 defeat at home against Bristol City, the former Minnesota manager knows that finding some kind of defensive stability is key. Along with failing to record a clean sheet in any of their previous seven matchups across all competitions, Friday’s hosts have also come away unscathed in just one of their last 14 consecutive outings – a run that stems all the way back to November 1st.

As for the visitors, while Middlesbrough might open Friday’s trip to the Midlands sat in the automatic promotion spots, Kim Hellberg’s camp are in the midst of what has become a worrying rut. Watching their respective FA Cup adventure come to an end last weekend following a 3-1 defeat away at Premier League outfit Fulham, the former Hammarby boss has seen his squad muster just a single win from any of their previous seven appearances across all competitions. Despite laying down a heavyweight marker earlier in the month as they stormed their way to an empathic 4-0 romp at home against Southampton, Middlesbrough have drastically struggled to find any kind of stability over the past month. However, the Reds will certainly be excited by a dominant record against Friday’s hosts. Landing a 2-1 win when they welcomed West Brom to the Riverside for their reverse Championship showdown on September 19th, they have won all of their previous four meetings by an aggregate score of 6-1.

Bet: Over 1.5 goals at West Brom vs Middlesbrough 2/5 for Friday’s Championship battle @ 1xBet