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  1. 🎧 Pressure on Boro in automatic promotion chasepublished at 15:14 BST

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    72+ EFL Pod: Hodgson returns & Vale fixture concerns

    "I don't think that expectation is there externally [for Millwall].

    "So I think they can go in and attack this game. They will be the ones with less to lose, whereas Middlesbrough - the pressure is on them. Given the position they're in, it feels like if they don't do it, they are throwing it away."

    The 72+ team are joined by Middlesbrough loans manager Tommy Smith to discuss the upcoming contest for second place between Middlesbrough and Millwall on Friday lunchtime (12:30 BST) and why it's the Lions who enter the fixture with the advantage.

    Listen to the latest episode of the 72+ podcast on BBC Sounds

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  2. Boro forward Strelec stars for Slovakiapublished at 12:01 BST

    David Strelec in an all-blue Slovakia kit celebrates with a team-mate after scoring a goal against RomaniaImage source, Getty Images
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    David Strelec (15) joined Middlesbrough from Slovan Bratislava in September

    Middlesbrough forward David Strelec scored his 10th senior international goal for Slovakia as they beat Romania 2-0 in a friendly in Bratislava on Tuesday night.

    The 24-year-old was on target just after half-time for his second goal of the international break although the first came with mixed emotions.

    Strelec also scored against Kosovo last Thursday as the Slovaks lost 4-3 at home in their World Cup play-off to miss out on this year's tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

    The former Slovan Bratislava striker joined Middlesbrough in September 2025 and will return to England to be part of Boro's squad for Friday's Championship match at home to Millwall (12:30 BST).

    Middlesbrough are currently second in the Championship table, two points above their fourth-placed opponents.

  3. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Millwallpublished at 11:11 BST

    The club badges of Middlesbrough and Millwall side by side

    A victory or a draw for Middlesbrough against Millwall in Good Friday's early game in the Championship (12:30 BST) will keep them in second until Monday with Ipswich Town not in action until then.

    The Lions need a win to move into the automatic promotion places.

    • Middlesbrough have won four of their past six league games against Millwall (L2), and are hoping to complete the double over the Lions for the first time since 2014-15.

    • Millwall have won just one of their past nine away league games against Middlesbrough (D3 L5), a 1-0 victory in August 2023.

    • Middlesbrough are winless in their past four home league games (D3 L1), last having a longer run at the Riverside Stadium in January/February 2024 (5).

    • Millwall have won nine of their 19 Championship away games this season – only once have they reached double figures on the road in a single second tier campaign, doing so in 1987-88 when they were promoted to the top-flight (10).

    • No player has had more shots (44), more shots on target (11) or accumulated a higher xG (2.4) without scoring in the Championship this season than Middlesbrough's Aidan Morris.

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