- 两支球队都在切尔西的四场比赛中取得了进球；最近五场比赛。
- 米德尔斯堡在过去五场主场比赛中输掉了四场。
- 米德尔斯堡三号’；本赛季的五场EFL杯比赛的进球数都超过了3.5个。
Boro迄今为止最大的测试
米德尔斯堡在本赛季的EFL杯半决赛中表现相当不错，只面对一支英冠球队、三支英甲球队和一支英乙球队进入四强。
然而，他们在这场比赛中面临着严峻的挑战，因为他们将在半决赛首回合主场迎战切尔西。客队在上一轮比赛中戏剧性地战胜了纽卡斯尔，为蓝军又一个令人失望的联赛赛季提供了一些喘息的机会。
博罗在周六的足总杯上被阿斯顿维拉1-0击败后，四天内第二次面对英超对手。Michael Carrick’；s的球队由于国际比赛和伤病而多次缺席比赛，而在如此短的时间内与两支顶级球队交手的两支球队就可以说明问题了。
切尔西最近已经转危为安，可能会战胜过去五场主场比赛中输掉四场的米德尔斯堡队。
两个团队都能找到解决问题的方法
尽管切尔西；在这场比赛中，米德尔斯堡应该至少能够取得进球。两支球队都在四场客队比赛中取得了进球；在过去的五场比赛中，他们在后场可能很脆弱。
在半决赛首回合切尔西获胜的比赛中，两队都要进球。
其中三个主机’；本赛季五场EFL杯比赛的进球数都超过了3.5球，所以正确的得分支持者应该记住客场3-1的胜利。
- Both teams have scored in four of Chelsea’s last five matches.
- Middlesbrough have lost four of their last five home games.
- Three of Middlesbrough’s five EFL Cup games this season have gone over 3.5 goals.
Biggest test yet for Boro
Middlesbrough have had a fairly favourable run to the EFL Cup semi-finals this season, facing just one Championship team, three League One sides and a League Two outfit en route to the last four.
They face a tough challenge in this clash however as they host Chelsea in the first leg of this semi-final. The visitors got the better of Newcastle in dramatic fashion in the last round, providing some respite from what has been another disappointing league season for the Blues.
Boro are facing Premier League opposition for the second time in four days after they were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Saturday. Michael Carrick’s side have a number of absences through international competition and injury and two playing two top flight teams in such a short space of time could begin to tell.
Chelsea have turned something of a corner recently and could get the better of a Middlesbrough side that have lost four of their last five home games.
Both teams can find a way through
Despite Chelsea’s predicted victory in this clash, Middlesbrough should be able to at least get on the scoresheet. Both teams have scored in four of the visitors’ last five matches and they can be vulnerable at the back.
Take both teams to find the net in a Chelsea win in the first leg of this semi-final.
Three of the hosts’ five EFL Cup games this season have gone over 3.5 goals so correct score backers should keep a 3-1 victory for the away side in mind.
