Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Brentford
Match Time & Date:
09/01/2021
19:00
Prediction: 1-1
Middlesbrough
All eyes will be on Brentford Community Stadium when Brentford and Middlesbrough face each other in the FA Cup last 64. The Bees were not in action at the weekend as their clash against Bristol City was postponed, meaning that Thomas Frank’s troops should be fully fit for Saturday’s FA Cup game. Brentford are eyeing their fourth consecutive win at home ground, and bookies see them as favourites to pick up all three points from the match.
The Boro, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-1 win over Wycombe Wanderers. Middlesbrough have been producing fine performances in the first half of the season, and they are surely capable of matching Brentford in London. Since the Bees are fully focused on securing automatic promotion to the Premier League, share of spoils is on the cards at Brentford Community Stadium.
Highlighted Player (Saïd Benrahma):
Said Benrahma is an Algeria international who started his club career at Nice. The pacey winger made his Ligue 1 debut during the 2013/2014 season and after scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances for les Aiglons in the French top flight, he moved to the Championship team Brentford in the summer of 2018.
Said Benrahma was born in Ain Temouchent, Algeria on August 10, 1995 and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Angers, Gazelec Ajaccio and Chateauroux on loan before joining the Griffin Park outfit. The Algerian footballer impressed in the 2018/2019 Championship season, scoring 10 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates.
His main position is right winger, but he is used as a left winger as well. Speaking of his international career, Said Benrahma made his debut for the Algeria national team on October 13, 2015 in a 1-0 win over Senegal.
Highlighted Team (Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough is a professional football club that have been balancing between the top two divisions of England’s league system in the modern history. Boro have been playing their home games at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 and their shirt colour is red. The capacity of the Riverside Stadium is 34,742. Middlesbrough impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and they did really well to secure promotion to the English top flight. Newcastle United and Sunderland are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but there is a rivalry with Leeds United as well.
Middlesbrough made it to the FA Cup final in 1997, but Chelsea proved to be a big catch for the Boro in the title game (0-2). However, the Riverside Stadium outfit did remarkably well to win the League Cup trophy in 2004, with the team beating Bolton Wanderers in the final. George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Juninho Paulista, Gareth Southgate, Jonathan Woodgate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Tuncay Sanli and Hamilton Ricard are the star footballers who left their mark at Middlesbrough.
