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Chelsea vs Middlesbrough Prediction & Betting tips
Chelsea is close to the championship and will not leave any points against Middlesbrough. Yet?
Chelsea :
Everton Chelsea’s day could just enter history as the day that Chelsea became the Premier League champion in the 2016/2017 season. The Chelsea program is not that complicated; Suitably wait Middlesbrough (home), West Bromwich Albion (out), Watford (home) and Sunderland (home). It must be very strange if Chelsea want to score four points in these four games, so Tottenham can climb the Blues based on goal balance.
Tottenham’s hope last weekend was based on Everton, who took Chelsea in his own house. The first half of Everton was hopeful and Chelsea was set against the wall, but the lack of creativity on the side of Everton led Chelsea to stay relatively simple. After an hour, Pedro Chelsea put in front, and then the ban was finally broken. Chelsea could easily play the game and proceed to a deserved 0-3 win.
Chelsea managed to win his last six games against Middlesbrough. And it’s getting better, because Chelsea did not get any goals in those six games. If you think that Middlesbrough is the least-scoring team of the Premier League, this match should not be a problem.
Probable setup Chelsea
Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Fàbregas, Kanté, Alonso, Pedro, Costa, Hazard
Middlesbrough :
Middlesbrough has been unleashed two games in a row, but that will not give the team a lot of confidence when visiting Chelsea. Chelsea is, of course, the headline of the Premier League and Middlesbrough is about to demolish. The hole with number seventeen Hull City is six points with only three matches (at the time of writing). If you read this and Hull has won or played right on Saturday, that means that Middlesbrough officially degrades at a loss at Stamford Bridge.
Middlesbrough survived a little bit of survival last weekend by playing 2-2 against Manchester City. In the first half, Middlesbrough played very opportunistic and that resulted in the deserved 1-0. After the tea, Middlesbrough got a lot more defensive from the starting blocks, and so it urged Manchester City’s pressure more or less. The equalizer of an unjust punishment drove Middlesbrough, but it showed a lot of resilience and 2-1, but Middlesbrough still got the equalizer of Gabriel Jesus for the ears.
Still, it must give some confidence. If you can put such a performance on Manchester City, then it has to be possible against Chelsea. On the other hand; Middlesbough has not been able to make one goal in none of his last seven games at Stamford Bridge. If you think Boro is also the least-scoring team and shot this season a total of 93 times, it seems a missile mission.
Probable setup Middlesbrough
Guzan, Fabio, Chambers, Gibson, Friend, The Roon, Clayton, Forshaw, Downing, Negredo, Ramírez
Chelsea vs Middlesbrough head to head
20.11.16 PL Middlesbrough Chelsea 0 : 1
27.02.13 FAC Middlesbrough Chelsea 0 : 2
28.01.09 PL Chelsea Middlesbrough 2 : 0
18.10.08 PL Middlesbrough Chelsea 0 : 5
30.03.08 PL Chelsea Middlesbrough 1 : 0