Sky Bet EFL: Match previews and best bets for fixtures on Saturday March 7

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Charlton v Middlesbrough

Opta facts

  • Charlton last hosted Middlesbrough in the Championship in March 2016, winning 2-0 under Jose Riga.
  • Middlesbrough have won nine of their last 12 games against Charlton in all competitions (D2 L1).
  • Charlton have kept just two clean sheets in their last 25 games in all competitions, conceding five goals across their last two games without scoring in defeats to Sheffield Wednesday (0-1) and Huddersfield Town (0-4).
  • Middlesbrough are winless in 12 games in all competitions, last enduring a longer run between October 1981 and March 1982 (22 matches).
  • Charlton are looking to record back to back home league wins for the first time this season, last doing so at Championship level in April 2016.
  • Lewis Wing has scored four of Middlesbrough’s last six Championship goals and has had more shots than any other Middlesbrough player this season (71).

Stoke v Hull

Opta facts

  • Stoke have won their last five home league games against Hull City, conceding only once in that run of wins.
  • Hull are looking to complete a league double over Stoke for the first time, in what is the 32nd Football League season they’ve faced.
  • Stoke have lost just one of their last eight home league games (W5 D2), having lost six of their previous eight home games before this run.
  • Hull are winless in 11 games in all competitions (D2 L9), conceding 26 goals across this run including four or more in three separate games.
  • Since Michael O’Neill’s first home Championship match in charge of Stoke in November, only Derby (seven) have conceded fewer home goals than the Potters (eight).
  • Hull have won none of the seven league games that haven’t featured the now-departed Jarrod Bowen this season (D2 L5). The Tigers’ last Championship win without Bowen featuring was back in April 2018 against Burton Albion.

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