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Middlesbrough will seek to end their Riverside hoodoo when basement-boys Sheffield Wednesday visit on Wednesday night (19:45 BST).

Boro have taken just three points from their past six home games to fall off the pace in the promotion race, sitting three points behind second-placed Ipswich, who have a game in hand, after Town's late leveller in a 2-2 draw at Portman Road on Sunday.

Millwall and Southampton have the chance to pull six and five points clear of fifth-placed Boro respectively with matches on Tuesday night while the Tractor Boys are also in action on Wednesday at Charlton.

The Owls have drawn their past three games, their joint longest unbeaten run of the campaign along with September, when they also picked up their only league win of a torrid campaign in an away game at Portsmouth.

• Following their 1-0 win in October, Middlesbrough are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since 2015-16, when they were last promoted to the Premier League.

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their past six league games against Middlesbrough (D2 L3), a 2-1 home win in April 2025.

• Middlesbrough are winless in their past six home league games (D3 L3), losing each of the previous two; they last lost three in a row in April 2022.

• Sheffield Wednesday have lost 15 of their 21 away games in the Championship this season (W1 D5); only in 1946-47 and 2020-21 have they suffered more away losses in a second tier campaign (both 16).

• No player has been involved in more home league goals for Middlesbrough this season than Hayden Hackney (8 – 3 goals, 5 assists); it's just one fewer than his previous three seasons in the competition combined (9 – 6 goals, 3 assists).

In the wake of Sunday's frustrating late draw at Ipswich, we asked whether Boro fans thought their hopes of automatic promotion were over, and even if a play-off spot might be in doubt with three games remaining.

Here are some of your responses:

Barry: It was over after the Portsmouth game. It wasn't lost or finalised after Ipswich, I'd say the Charlton loss (on 11 March) was the turning point.

Gary: If I was given the chance of our position now at the start of the season I would have taken it.

Andrew: Middlesbrough's automatic promotion hopes ended a long time ago. It's going to be difficult for them to stay in the top six now.

Norman: Lucky if they're in the play-offs.

Ian: We travelled down to Portman Road, saw a great performance from the Boro. Victory was assured until the soft penalty. The referee did not have a good game and the Boro fans were on his back. Did that effect his judgement?

Vic: Don't know what it is but I'm a Coventry fan and have now become a Boro fan because of our battles and similar playing styles... also a big fan of Bob Mortimer. I really hope you get promoted with us.

How are you feeling after that last-gasp draw at Ipswich, Boro fans, besides frustrated?

That's now seven games without a win, and just 12 points from a dozen games, but there were plenty of positives to take away from the performance at Portman Road.

Do you expect the winless run to end with the visit of Sheffield Wednesday to The Riverside on Wednesday, and would that be enough to keep you in the fight for second spot and automatic promotion or has Ipswich's equaliser ended those hopes?

Are you now focused on securing a top-six spot and avoiding any final-day showdown with play-off chasing Wrexham on the road?

Click here to have your say.