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MATCH ANALYSIS

After promising so much at the start of the season, Middlesbrough have disappointed somewhat, and it seems it is only their home form that is keeping them in seventh place in the league. The are pretty strong at home, having won seven times already this season, but recently, they have faltered somewhat. They have only won once in their last four games and have drawn twice - they lost to Portsmouth 2-1 away recently.

Charlton have a decent away record having already won four times away from the Valley. They have only lost once in their last four away trips, which includes a good draw away to Newcastle and an impressive away win at Everton.

This is a very difficult game to call. Both teams are good enough to win it on their day, but I'm not sure either team will be good enough today. Middlesbrough tend to beat the lower sides at home, recently winning 1-0 to Blackburn and 2-0 against Norwich. It seems, however that they do have trouble beating the better sides, they have lost 0-2 to Man Utd and could only draw disappointingly with Everton 1-1.

The big factor for this game is that Charlton have a good defensive record recently. They have only conceded two goals in their last four away trips, while Middlesbrough have only scored four goals in their last four games at home. I'm going for Charlton +1 @ 7/2 with Bluesq [£25 Free Bet] Boro are not playing with confidence at the moment and Charlton are more than capable of getting a result here. Defensively, the Addicks are very strong at the moment while Middlesbrough have had trouble scoring recently. The odds of 1.9 for a Middlesbrough home win are not very appealing, and I think the value is in a Charlton away win today at around 4.5. GET ON!

Recommendation:	CHARLTON @ 7/2 with BLUESQ
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MATCH OUTCOME

Middlesbrough 2 Charlton 2
Sunday February 27 2005
Teenager Danny Graham rescued a point for Middlesbrough with the first Premiership goal of his Riverside career.

In a frantic closing 15 minutes, the fortunes of both sides swung one way and then the other, with centre-back Chris Riggott first cancelling out Charlton captain Matt Holland's 14th-minute opener following an hour-long bombardment.

But Shaun Bartlett restored Charlton's lead 10 minutes from time, only for 19-year-old Graham to endear himself to the Middlesbrough faithful with a brave equaliser in the 86th minute just four minutes after his arrival as a substitute.

But despite an astonishing end to the game, this was another sorry Sunday for Boro as they have now played 10 games on the so-called 'rest' day, winning just one, while losing four and drawing the other five.

Six of those matches have come in the wake of UEFA Cup action on a Thursday night, and they are yet to taste victory as they have lost two and drawn four.

So while Boro's debut on the continent has been a welcome distraction this season, and attracted a number of high-quality players to the Riverside last summer, the UEFA Cup has been to the club's detriment in pushing for a Champions League place this term.

Boro, typically in post-UEFA Cup tie mode, were slow out of the blocks and behind after just 13 minutes as they succumbed to route-one football.

They had already been given a scare in the sixth minute when Danny Murphy floated in a free kick for left-back Hermann Hreidarsson to attack with a diving header from six yards that flashed a yard past the right-hand post of Carlo Nash.

With regular number one Mark Schwarzer sidelined with a knee injury sustained in training on Saturday, and which flared up on the morning of the match, Nash was handed his first Premiership start since November 8, 2003, and his first at home for the club.

But there was little he could do about Charlton's opener, instigated by an 80-yard ball pumped upfield by Talal El Karkouri for Bartlett to control on his chest inside the area before laying it off for Holland.

The Republic of Ireland international then drove home from 20 yards, albeit with his shot taking a deflection off fellow skipper Gareth Southgate and beyond Nash.

Boro then rarely managed to find another gear for the remainder of the half as Charlton were first to the tackle and challenges, albeit without threatening Nash's goal again.

Instead, it was Dean Kiely who was the busier of the two custodians, superbly keeping the home side at bay just two minutes after his side had taken the lead.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Szilard Nemeth played a one-two in the Addicks area where the latter was left with only Kiely to beat, but from close range he struck his shot at the visitors' goalkeeper.

Nemeth then spurned a second glorious opportunity in the 25th minute, with the Slovakia striker getting in behind the defence after Riggott had flicked on a long ball forward from Michael Reiziger, but his header was again at Kiely.

Boro's frustration then grew as the half wore on, resulting in long-range shots such as those from Doriva in the 40th minute, with the ball taking one bounce in front of a comfortable Kiely.

But he did come under pressure in the 43rd minute as he was at full stretch in tipping from underneath his bar a dipping Hasselbaink header from 13 yards courtesy of a perfect cross from Stewart Downing, who had shaken off a hamstring injury.

Kiely's heroics continued after the break, with Boudewijn Zenden first stabbing a speculative shot goalwards from 25 yards with his left foot, forcing Kiely into again just nudging the ball over from underneath the crossbar.

After Hasselbaink had curled a 25-yard left-foot free-kick inches wide of the right-hand post, an under-pressure Chris Perry then headed over a seven-yard header from the Dutchman.

Kiely then came to the fore again as he pushed over the bar a bullet header from Riggott before tipping away an attempted goal-bound clearance from Hreidarsson.

But the bombardment continued with Southgate seeing a 20-yard volley deflected inches wide and then Radostin Kishishev heading a Riggott header off the line.

Finally, Boro made the breakthrough in the 74th minute and in controversial fashion as Riggott appeared to be offside in stabbing home from four yards after Kiely had parried a Southgate shot into the centre-back's path.

But six minutes later Charlton were back in front with Bartlett firing home from 10 yards after Queudrue had failed to cut out a low left-wing cross from Hreidarsson.

However, Boro again drew level six minutes later when Graham - on for Reiziger - bravely looped a header over Kiely following a long through ball from Queudrue, receiving a kick in the face from Perry for his heroics.