Stored context before this match
Before this match, Middlesbrough have 5 scored home results and Rotherham 3 scored away results stored in 2022-23. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Middlesbrough at home: 1.60 points per match (5 measured matches); Rotherham away: 0.67 points per match (3 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Middlesbrough scored 1.60 per home match (5 measured matches); Rotherham scored 0.33 away (3). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.21 per club appearance across 232 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 5 of 8 pooled club appearances (62.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 4. Middlesbrough: 2 wins; Rotherham: 1 wins; draws: 1.
Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.
A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

