BBC · Apr 16, 2025
Plymouth game is not must-win - Boro boss Carrick
Image caption, Middlesbrough have finished fourth and eighth in the past two seasons under Michael CarrickPublished
Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick said his team's Good Friday match against Plymouth Argyle is "vital" but not a "must-win" match.
Boro have slipped to eighth in the Championship after successive defeats and are now three points outside of the play-off places.
They have four games left, including a potentially decisive game away to Coventry City - the side currently sixth - on the final day of the season on 3 May.
But first they face bottom side Plymouth as Carrick's team attempt to get back to winning ways.