PREVIEW | Middlesbrough vs Plymouth Argyle - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

Middlesbrough and Plymouth Argyle clash this Friday at the Riverside Stadium on Match Day 43 of the EFL Championship.

Middlesbrough have 60 points to their name this season and occupy 8th position in the table. In their last fixture, Michael Carrick's team suffered a 1-0 reverse against Millwall (EFL Championship 2024/2025).

Plymouth Argyle have picked up 40 points and currently lie in 24th position. In their last fixture, Miron Muslic's team won 2-1 against Sheffield United (EFL Championship 2024/2025).

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 3-3 draw.

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Richard Cole for Playmaker Stats: Plymouth Argyle have stunned some of the bigger teams that earlier this season you would have expected them to fold against, like Sheffield United last weekend.

However, if Boro want to secure a play-off spot there can be no mercy for bottom-of-the-league Plymouth even if the Pilgrims are giving it everything they have.

The play-offs are very much in Boro's radar, especially with Coventry City still to play at the end of the season so there can be little room for any mistakes. Only a win will do if Michael Carrick's side are serious about promotion or there is the danger of stagnating in the Championship.

Prediction: 1-0

Tom Sleeman: Plymouth Argyle's stay of execution continues following last weekend's dramatic late victory over promotion chasing Sheffield United at Home Park. Friday's opponents Middlesborough have their own ambitions, sitting just three points off the Championship Play-Offs whilst the Pilgrims are adrift by the same number.

In Ryan Hardie, Miron Muslic's side boast one of the divisions most in-form forwards. The Scot has eight in his last 10 league appearances without which the Devon side would almost have had their relegation confirmed by now.

With no fresh injury concerns, you would expect an unchanged side for the visit to the Riverside.

Prediction: 2-0

Predicted lineups

Middlesbrough: Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, Rav van den Berg, Jonny Howson, Samuel Iling-Junior, Hayden Hackney, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, Delano Burgzorg, Finn Azaz, Tommy Conway

Plymouth Argyle: Conor Hazard, Julio Pleguezuelo, Kornél Szucs, Victor Pálsson, Jordan Houghton, Adam Randell, Bali Mumba, Callum Wright, Nathanael Ogbeta, Mustapha Bundu, Ryan Hardie

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Last starting XIs

Middlesbrough ( vs Millwall 2025-04-12): Mark Travers, Anfernee Dijksteel, Rav van den Berg, Finn Azaz, Hayden Hackney, Jonny Howson, Aidan Morris, Morgan Whittaker, Tommy Conway, Delano Burgzorg, Samuel Iling-Junior

Plymouth Argyle ( vs Sheffield United 2025-04-12): Conor Hazard, Bali Mumba, Julio Pleguezuelo, Kornél Szucs, Victor Pálsson, Nathanael Ogbeta, Jordan Houghton, Adam Randell, Callum Wright, Ryan Hardie, Mustapha Bundu