Overview
- Middlesbrough are winless in three yet remain second in the Championship, with wins for Coventry, Ipswich, Hull and Millwall tightening the table before Monday’s trip to Birmingham City.
- Across the Oxford United and Leicester City draws, Boro produced 41 shots with only 11 on target and scored once.
- Kim Hellberg spent his day off conducting a six-season StatsBomb review to verify that chance creation is healthy and to target better shot quality.
- He maintains "all the confidence in the world," noting one defeat in nine and asserting Boro have scored the third-most goals since his arrival.
- Hellberg highlights a thin squad with players returning from injury, as local analysts call for late-game tweaks such as more direct play or different bench options to crack low-block defenses.