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  1. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v West Brompublished at 15:23 BST 27 August

    The club crests of Middlesbrough and West Brom side by side

    West Brom are hoping to make it three wins from three at the start of a league season for the first time in 29 years when they visit Middlesbrough on Saturday (12:30 BST).

    Boro went down 2-1 at Blackburn last weekend having opened the season with a victory over Lincoln City by the same scoreline.

    • Middlesbrough have won each of their past five league games against West Bromwich Albion and are only on a longer active winning streak in the Football League against Bolton Wanderers (8) and Birmingham City (7).

    • West Bromwich Albion have won just three of their past 28 away league matches against Middlesbrough (D7 L18), going winless in five (D1 L4) since a 1-0 victory in October 2019.

    • Middlesbrough have won each of their past three home league games in succession after defeating Lincoln 2-1 on the opening day, Boro last enjoyed a longer winning run at the Riverside Stadium between December 2022 and March 2023 (seven wins).

    • After defeating Norwich City and Burnley so far, West Brom will be hoping to win their opening three matches of a league campaign for the first time since 1997-98.

    • Across the opening two matchdays of the 2026-27 Championship season, West Brom's Jimmy-Jay Morgan is the only player to record multiple assists (2), while across all competitions his five goal contributions in total (three goals, two assists) are the most of any Championship player.

  2. Feel-good factor important for impressive Sarmientopublished at 12:55 BST 26 August

    Jeremy Sarmiento playing for Middlesbrough in their game against Blackburn Rovers on SaturdayImage source, Getty Images

    Jeremy Sarmiento's goal and assist for Middlesbrough in their 3-1 Carabao Cup victory over Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday, has brought praise from Boro academy ambassador and former midfielder Neil Maddison.

    The winger has said he "feels at home" at the Riverside having joined permanently this summer and it is the kind of positivity Maddison believes Sarmiento needs to thrive with the Championship club.

    "I still feel like he does a little too much at times on the ball but tonight I thought he was industrious," the 56-year-old said.

    "From his point of view, I think it's massively important the feel-good factor comes about him because he's certainly got something.

    "He can be difficult to contend [with] at times. As an opposition player you're thinking 'dear me, he's so quick'. On the ball he has so many tricks and sometimes it comes off and sometimes it doesn't."

    Listen to the full reaction plus interviews with Kim Hellberg and Kyle Joseph below or on BBC Sounds here.

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    Reaction: Doncaster 1-3 Boro

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  3. Hellberg's delight after Boro bounce back with Cup winpublished at 08:45 BST 26 August

    Kim Hellberg holds his arms in the air as he celebrates a win for Middlesbrough and he saw his side beat Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the Carabao Cup.Image source, Shutterstock
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    Kim Hellberg celebrates another win as Middlesbrough manager

    Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg was delighted to see his side bounce back from their surprise loss to Blackburn Rovers by beating Doncaster Rovers 3-1 in the Carabao Cup.

    Will Lankshear came off the bench to score his fourth goal of the season, after Kyle Joseph opened the scoring with his first for Boro and Jeremy Sarmiento's second.

    Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees: "I thought we had a little bit of a shaky start, I think in the first 10 or 12 minutes, but then we were quite good. We created a lot of chances.

    "We talked a lot about different things after the last game [the Blackburn loss], which I think we did good. We tried to play forward more and have the free man.

    "So for us it was a good game over the 90 minutes. I'm a little bit disappointed that we didn't get a clean sheet, but it's better to look at the positives and that's three goals, which is difficult against this type of team at home and we're through to the next round.

    "It's good for us to go through, it's important to get a new game soon and I think it's in two weeks or something. It's good because we need games, we want to go through and compete."