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The countdown for the start of the season on the island is already running. Football fans only have to wait one week until Premier League football is back in fashion. Last weekend, the Community Shield, the English Super Cup, between Arsenal and Liverpool was the first taste. The Gunners from London surprisingly prevailed against the Reds.
One week before the season starts in the Premier League, the international break will take place. Meanwhile, the cup games in the first round of the Carabao Cup 2020/21 are on the island. On Friday evening, Middlesbrough will meet Shrewsbury, among others. As can be seen from the odds of the best bookmakers, the hosts are, as expected, in the role of favorites.
In the last season Boro had missed the promotion to the English House of Lords again. The red-whites were only 17th in the table, but were at least able to keep the class after the mixed season. Boro wants to find his old strength again this season and has adjusted the goals accordingly. In the summer preparation there was last a runaway victory over Newcastle.
The first round of the Carabao Cup will be the dress rehearsal for the red and whites before the start of the championship season. Even if the League Cup does not enjoy a special status on the island, we would tend to predict the favorites from the championship in the match between Middlesbrough and Shrewsbury.
Middlesbrough:
Middlesbrough missed promotion to the House of Lords again last season. This is the fourth season in a row that the red and whites have completed the championship. With a score of 48, Boro got away happily last season and was just able to keep the class. Under coach Neil Warnock, the goals are to be adjusted this season.
Not much has changed in Boro’s squad in the summer. The red and whites forego large investments and will start the new competitive season with the same squad from last season as far as possible. Warnock can at least draw on the full in the first round of the Carabao Cup and is thus spared injury concerns.
In the most recent pre-season season, Boro made a solid impression recently. The friendly win over Plymouth (1-0) was followed by a runaway win over Premier League team Newcastle United (5-1). Warnock was more than satisfied with the performance of his team, but did not want to praise the test match result against Newcastle too much.
Like the home games in the championship, the cup games on the island will also take place in front of a ghostly backdrop. The fact that the unfamiliar conditions in the Riverside Stadium definitely have an impact on the red and whites was already shown by the end of the season spurt last season. This calendar year there was still no home win for Boro.
Under Warnock, that negative series should now be ended. At the home game against Shrewsbury, Boro’s 71-year-old trainer is expected to start with the best line-up.
Shrewsbury:
The Shrews remain third rate. Last season, Sam Ricketts’ team stayed away from promotion goals and finished the 2019/20 season in the middle of the table. How the new season in League One for Shrewsbury Town will go is not really clear yet. There were no big changes in the Shrews roster.
The season for the 38-year-old Shrews trainer is therefore not an easy one. Last season the Shrewsbury defense was the team’s major construction site.
In the pre-season, Shrewsbury largely waived test games. The last time the Shrews played against the Wolverhampton U23s. Although the Ricketts team was mostly full, there was only a narrow 1-0 win over the Wolves U23s. In the course of the game, head coach Ricketts had renounced rotation.
At least the back team made a good impression in the last friendly and kept the Wolves’ young offensive in check. It remains to be seen whether this will be followed up in the EFL Cup against Middlesbrough. Ricketts may also have a similar starting XI in the Cup game. There will be no major failures on Friday evening.
Middlesbrough vs Shrewsbury head to head matches
07.01.12 FAC Middlesbrough Shrewsbury 1 : 0