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  1. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Charlton Athleticpublished at 13:40 GMT 9 March

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    Middlesbrough will seek to keep the pressure on Championship leaders Coventry when they host Charlton on Wednesday night (19:45 GMT).

    After the Sky Blues went eight-points clear courtesy of a 2-0 win at Bristol City on Saturday, Boro reduced the gap to five points with a 4-0 win at QPR on Sunday, their eighth win in 11 games, from which they have earned 26 points.

    Charlton are 18th but overcame Birmingham by the only goal at The Valley on Saturday to move nine points clear of the relegation zone and have lost just one of their past five away games.

    • Middlesbrough have lost just one of their past 13 league games against Charlton (W10 D2), winning the past three in a row.

    • Charlton have won just one of their past 17 away league games against Middlesbrough (D6 L10), and are winless in six visits since a 3-0 win in August 2005.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their past five home league games (W3 D2), conceding just one goal in that run.

    • Charlton have won just one of their past 12 away league games (D5 L6), beating Leicester 2-0 at the end of January.

    • Middlesbrough's Morgan Whittaker has scored in each of his past three league games against Charlton, though all of these have come away from home.

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  2. Hellberg salutes 'brilliant' Boro after QPR win published at 09:32 GMT 9 March

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    Hellberg: Boro were 'brilliant' against QPR

    Head coach Kim Hellberg says Middlesbrough were "brilliant" in their 4-0 thumping of Queens Park Rangers.

    Boro recorded a second away win in seven days to stay second and open up a four-point gap over Millwall in third.

    Goals from David Strelec, Alan Browne, Hayden Hackney and a Tommy Conway penalty made it another excellent away day in west London, leaving Hellberg delighted.

    "Very happy with everything," he told BBC Radio Tees.

    "I think the performance overall was brilliant, the way we press, the way we play, combining some beautiful goals, some fighting goals, so it was a good, good performance."

    Ipswich Town's draw on Saturday meant that victory over QPR allowed Boro to regain total control of their promotion destiny and Hellberg was impressed with how his players responded.

    "We talked about being brave in that performance and finding the solutions that we work on," he added.

    "We talk about performance - that is the key thing. Do the things we talk about, do the things we practice. That's what we can develop from the game every time."

  3. Pick of the stats: QPR v Middlesbroughpublished at 10:45 GMT 6 March

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    With this game being played on Sunday (16:30 GMT), Middlesbrough could find themselves outside the Championship's automatic promotion places if Ipswich beat Leicester on Saturday.

    QPR's only two wins in their past six league games have come against leaders Coventry and fifth-placed Hull City.

    • QPR have lost their past four league games against Middlesbrough but have never lost five in a row against Boro.

    • Middlesbrough have won on their past two league visits, having won just three of their first 26 visits beforehand between 1966 and 2022.

    • Since Christmas, only Sheffield Wednesday (0), West Brom (1) and Leicester (2) have won fewer Championship matches than QPR (3), who have lost their past two by an aggregate score of 7-0.

    • Middlesbrough have won nine away league games this season and are looking to reach double figures in a season for the ninth time – five of the previous eight have come this century (2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2023-24).

    • Middlesbrough defender Matt Targett scored twice in the first half of their 3-1 win over Birmingham on Monday, equalling his goals tally in his previous 74 league games combined.

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