Middlesbrough – Manchester City: 12th March 2017

Boro is the worst offensive team in the Premier League, managed just 0.7 goals per game and rarely sutand gate. However, the band’s Karanka is above the relegation and hope for rescue, but red-white advantage is usually tight defense, not inventiveness in attack. Sure hosts will hardly reach the gate of Bravo.

Instead, City have quality in attack, but failed to show it was the last round. In the match against Stoke, ended 0-0, Manchester pedaled in goal and failed to create opportunities even if Aguero, Sane and De Bruyne seemed threatening with their figures. The truth is that Stoke was perfectly dark, practiced a combative game and Middlesbrough can learn from it.

Middlesbrough is no goal scored in 4 of their last 5 games

Knowing that draw not only bring a replay on “Etihad”, we expect Middlesbrough to try to score, but possession will be the guests. If City do and quickly found confidence and inspiration, it might have a difficult match. But Boro failed to score in 4 of its last 5 games and that says a lot about his ordeal Negredo and Stuani.

City is a pragmatic team, who knows his strengths and weaknesses. Pep Guardiola would settle for a mere qualification for the show and will not twist, so a match with few goals is the best choice of betting on “Riverside” on Saturday afternoon. In turn, the championship was 1-1 on Etihad, Boro match that was closed well and equalized lucky at the last stage.