GolVolt — Middlesbrough vs Wrexham: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Middlesbrough unbeaten in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.

Last time

Last meeting, 7 August: Middlesbrough – Wrexham 1:0

DDW

Middlesbrough are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.

Attack

Middlesbrough score 2.6 goals per match

Middlesbrough2.6 Wrexham1.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Wrexham score 1.2.

Streak

Middlesbrough have scored in 7 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 19 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Will Lankshear: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.36

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.4).

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Will Lankshear

Middlesbrough · forward

11goals 0assists 7.30avg rating

Last match, Bolton Wanderers: 2 goals, rating 8.5.

Kieffer Moore

Wrexham · forward

5goals 2assists 7.24avg rating

Last match, Sheffield United: rating 6.7.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Middlesbrough at home and Wrexham away, as in this match.

Middlesbrough

at home · 10

7W3D0L2.1scored per match1.0conceded per match

Wrexham

away · 10

2W3D5L0.7scored per match1.5conceded per match

Head to head

3 meetings since 2025.

Last time · 7 Aug 2026 · Carabao Cup Middlesbrough 1:0 Wrexham Lankshear 61'

1wins

2 draws2.3 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 3

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1, last: Bolton Wanderers) · Wrexham (3-4-2-1, last: Sheffield United).

Official around 19:45, Wed 27 Jan

RVVitek NBBorges AMMalanda APPhillips CBBrittain SBBerhalter AMMorris TCConway RMMcGree ADCozier-Duberry WLLankshear APPatterson CDDoyle JWWorrall DHHyam JEEkomié BSSheaf MJJames IKKaboré LOO'Brien ORRathbone KMMoore

MiddlesbroughWrexham

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Volt matchup

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