It might be very difficult for any EFL Championship team with ambition of promotion to challenge the Top 2 finish because Burnley and Sheffield United are leading the table at a huge distance. No one will be able to catch these two unless one of them goes into crisis for own reasons.

However, we must say that teams behind them such as Middlesbrough ad Millwall are doing an excellent job. They are in the playoff zone and they have much better performance than previous seasons. Carrick and Rowett are both getting the best of their squads.

For today’s match, Boros are facing the difficulty of not having Darragh Lenihan. He suffers a foot injury. It’s a big loss because he is the pivotal centre-back of the team.

Will his absence be decisive for the result? Nobody knows. But it is also important to see the fact that Millwall don’t have good records outside home. They’ve lost half of their away matches, with just 3 wins 3 draws and 6 defeats. It’s the same for Boro, but Boro have also won almost half of their away matches, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

So I guess the home factor might help Boro to make up for the loss of Lenihan.

Let’s back Middlesborough.

对于任何一支有晋级野心的英冠球队来说，要想挑战前两名的成绩可能是非常困难的，因为伯恩利和谢菲尔德联队在积分榜上遥遥领先。 没有人能够赶上这两支球队，除非他们中的一个由于自身原因而陷入危机。

然而，我们必须说，他们后面的球队，如米德尔斯堡和米尔沃尔也干得不错。他们处于季后赛区，他们的表现比前几个赛季好得多。 卡里克和罗伊特都在让他们的球队发挥出最佳水平。

在今天的比赛中，米德尔斯堡面临着没有莱尼汉的困难。 他遭遇了脚伤。这是一个很大的损失，因为他是球队中举足轻重的中后卫。

他的缺席会不会对比赛结果产生决定性影响？ 没人知道。 但也要看到一个事实，米尔沃尔在主场之外的记录并不理想。 他们输掉了一半的客场比赛，只有3胜3平6负的成绩。 米堡也是如此，但米堡也赢得了他们几乎一半的客场比赛，6胜1平7负。

所以我想主场因素可能会帮助米堡弥补失去莱尼汉的损失。

让我们支持米德尔斯堡。