Having already knocked Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup, Middlesbrough welcome Chelsea to the Riverside Stadium for Saturday's quarter-final.
Chris Wilder's side enter the contest on the back of a 2-0 Championship win over Birmingham City, while the Blues beat Lille 4-1 on aggregate to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.
MIDDLESBROUGH vs. CHELSEA
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MIDDLESBROUGH
Out: Riley McGree (calf), Martin Payero (unspecified)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Lumley; Dijksteel, Fry, McNair; Jones, Tavernier, Howson, Crooks, Taylor; Balogun, Connolly
CHELSEA
Out: Ben Chilwell (ACL), Saul Niguez (COVID-19)
Doubtful: Andreas Christensen (knock), Reece James (muscle), Callum Hudson-Odoi (calf)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Kepa; Chalobah, Rudiger, Sarr; Ziyech, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Mount, Werner; Lukaku
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