Middlesbrough striker Rudy Gestede has urged teammates to stay positive in their relegation battle.

Boro face Arsenal on Monday as the league's lowest scorers with 22 goals, and have not won a league game since mid-December. They are languishing in 19th, six points adrift of safety with seven games remaining.

Gestede told the club's website: "We have to believe we can do it.

"You have to have this positivity to keep going, otherwise you won't win anything. I think we've all got that same message, the same attitude and mentality."

Sixth-placed Arsenal have won just one of their last five league games and will be hurting after a 3-0 defeat to 16th-placed Crystal Palace earlier this week.

"They are a big team, and even if they lose one game they will have a response. Arsenal have quality in the squad and they are used to playing under pressure," Gestede added.

"We need to be focused and be ready to step up and show we can play in our way."