SCORING goals at home has been proving difficult but Middlesbrough are working on resolving the problem, according to manager Tony Mowbray.

Brighton and Hove Albion are the visitors to the Riverside today, with some having this fixture down as one where goals could be flowing.

Gus Poyet has won a lot of admirers for the brand of attacking football his Seagulls side plays and, although Mowbray shares the same principles, finding the net in Teesside has been problematic.

Boro have found the net 12 times at the Riverside this season but seem to give those who follow them away from home more entertainment with 17 put away on their travels.

Mowbray is acutely aware of the need to improve their goalscoring at home – more so when it appears Plan A is all they have.

He said: “When we are at home, people do not leave as much space for you to utilise.

“Are we good enough with the ball to break teams down when we have a decent amount of possession? I think the statistics show we have not scored as many goals as we should have, or as many goals as the teams above us.

“That is something we are working on a lot. When we have the ball, and teams are sitting deep and making it hard for us to break them down, we have to be better at finding a way to score.

“It is particularly pressing because we do not really have a Plan B in terms of having a six foot three centre-forward to throw the ball up to.

“Southampton, for example, can play nice passing football, but they also gain rewards from hitting diagonals to Rickie Lambert.

“That can help break down very well-organised defences, as we found out.”