Middlesbrough v Chelsea: FA Cup Bet Builder tips and predictions
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Free Bet Builder tips for Middlesbrough v Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
Where to watch
BBC One, 5.15pm Saturday
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Under 2.5 goals
Folarin Balogun to have one or more shots on target
Matt Crooks to be booked
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Middlesbrough v Chelsea Bet Builder preview
Under 2.5 goals
Middlesbrough achieved stunning FA Cup successes over Manchester United and Tottenham by keeping things tight and they are unlikely to allow themselves to be picked apart by Chelsea at the Riverside on Saturday.
Chelsea are the third top scorers in the Premier League, but they needed an 89th minute Kai Havertz goal to sink Newcastle last Sunday and are likely to be drawn into a low-scoring contest on Teesside.
Folarin Balogun to have one or more shots on target
Strikers are often confidence players and Arsenal loanee Folarin Balogun should have plenty of belief after his superb goal for Middlesbrough in Tuesday's 2-0 success at Birmingham.
Balogun looks as big a threat as anyone to the Chelsea defence and he should at least register a shot on target.
Matt Crooks to be booked
Matt Crooks was Middlesbrough's hero in the FA Cup fourth round tie at Old Trafford thanks to his second half equaliser, but his tally of 12 yellow cards betters his total of eight goals in the Championship this season, and he looks a strong candidate to enter referee Paul Tierney's notebook.
Chelsea are likely to dominate possession and efforts to break up visiting attacks are sure to involve Crooks, who is never shy of putting himself about.
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