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Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace
EFL Cup 2018/19
Venue: Riverside Stadium
Date: Wednesday, 31 October
Kick-off: 8pm BST
Crystal Palace are out to extend their cup run when they travel to Middlesbrough this evening.
While goals have been hard to come by in the Premier League, the Eagles have passed tricky tests away to Swansea City and West Brom to reach this stage of the competition.
Boro have overcome Notts County, Rochdale and Preston to reach this round and will hope to bring their promotion-chasing Championship form against the test of Premier League opponents.
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Team news
Palace are likely to remain without Christian Benteke until the New Year having undergone knee surgery earlier this month.
Joel Ward could also miss out as he continues to recover from a muscular injury while Scott Dann is not expected to return from a long-term knee injury until mid-November.
Max Meyer has completed the full 90 minutes in Palace colours just twice this season – both in this competition. Another start could beckon on Wednesday.
TV, online and live stream coverage
The match will not be televised live in the UK.
You can follow all the goals with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
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Tickets
For Palace ticket information, click here to head to the club's website.
Prediction
Betting tips via Betfair | UK users only | Subject to change
- Middlesbrough to win 1-0: 8/1
- Palace to win 2-1: 8/1
- Jordan Ayew first scorer: 11/2
- Britt Assombalonga first scorer: 11/2
Click here to find the latest match odds and place a bet.
Head to head
This will be the 50th meeting between these two clubs with Palace slightly shading the head-to-head record over the years with 21 wins. Boro have 17 victories to their name.
