Chelsea vs Middlesbrough prediction and betting tips on January 23, 2024
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Game Prediction
There’s not much football in England in the middle of winter. Still, the teams that will play for the first British title of this calendar year will be determined this week – the return semi-finals in the League Cup will be held. Chelsea will compete with Middlesbrough on Tuesday in London. Will the giants from the capital of England be able to achieve final success with the representative of the Championship? The experts of the website have created a prediction for the match on January 23, 2024.
Chelsea is getting closer to failing for the second season in a row
“The Pensioners” failed in the previous cycle. Having become the winner of the Champions League in 2021, the giant not only missed qualifying for the European competition 2 years later, but even finished at the bottom of the table. Generally speaking, the signs of progress can be found; the team, after a 1-0 score in the struggle with Fulham, reached 9th place. Still, noone clearly expected 31 points from Pochettino after 21 matches, especially against the backdrop of a new transfer record last summer. The chances of rising to the top 4 are getting lower and lower, and the League Cup is the best way to somehow rehabilitate. And even here, Newcastle was overcome in the battle for the quarterfinals only on penalties (Mudryk had equalized the score in the 90th+ minute of the game), and the confrontation at Riverside was lost – 0-1.
Middlesbrough can still achieve good results
“The Riversiders” got a new coach, Carrick, in the previous season. For the legendary midfielder, this is, in fact, the first full-fledged experience as a mentor. And he achieved good results, finishing the fight only in the play-offs in the spring (it is remarkable that he had taken over the team in crisis). Nowadays, there is no stability and the start was completely unsuccessful, but there are still real chances to rise to the top 6. And only a 1-1 draw in the confrontation with modest Rotherham moves it away from this goal. As for the League Cup, the club was really lucky with the opponents – only this time it is playing with the representative of the Premier League (for instance, the 1/4 stage was characterized by the struggle with Port Vale).
Previous head-to-head matches
“The Blues” have won 9 times in a row since February 2007. Nevertheless, the winning streak ended in this semi-final.
Free prediction for the match Chelsea vs Middlesbrough on January 23:
“The Riversiders” need to hold on, and it’s not a fact that the current performance of “the Blues” is enough to cope with the following opponent. We bet that the guests will win with “a +1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 2.11).