High-flying Middlesbrough showed great character and quality to earn a 3-1 comeback win at out-of-form Swansea on Saturday, following a much-improved second-half performance. Now 15 wins, only one draw, and 4 losses from manager Carrick's opening 20 league games in charge, with Boro cutting the gap to second-placed Sheffield Utd to 4 points. They are even better at home since Carrick arrived and have 7 wins, one draw, and are undefeated at the Riverside Stadium. With 10 games to go, there is a great chance that Boro will overtake Sheffield Utd and avoid a tie where anything is possible. That is certainly the goal of the team, but they must continue with victories and good games. On the other hand, after thrashing Sunderland a week earlier, Stoke made it impressive back-to-back victories over top sides when they deservedly beat Blackburn 3-2 on Friday. Stoke is in very good shape, but today a very difficult test awaits them against Middlesboro, who after Burnley are in the best shape in the whole league and it will not be easy for them. Also, important center-backs Wilmot and Jagielka missed out on Friday. It has been confirmed that at least one will return (not named). This will be a very interesting game between two teams that have been playing very well lately, but given that Stoke is far from the playoffs and far from the relegation zone, I think that the motivation of the home players will decide this game. Boro looks better and in front of their fans, they should overcome tough guests. Therefore, bet falls on Boro to win and continue an impressive run.

雄心勃勃的米德尔斯堡队在周六的下半场表现有了很大改善之后，在状态不佳的斯旺西队以 3-1 逆转获胜，展现了出色的性格和实力。主教练卡里克执教的开场20场联赛取得15胜1平4负的成绩，博罗将与排名第二的谢菲尔德联队的差距缩小到4分。卡里克到来后，他们在主场的表现更加出色，7胜1平，在河滨球场保持不败。还有 10 场比赛，博罗很有可能超越谢菲尔德联队，避免出现任何可能的平局。这当然是球队的目标，但他们必须继续保持胜利和出色的比赛。另一方面，在一周前击败桑德兰之后，斯托克在周五以 3-2 击败布莱克本时取得了令人印象深刻的背靠背胜利。斯托克城的状态非常好，但今天他们将面临一场非常艰难的考验，对阵米德尔斯伯勒，后者在伯恩利之后状态最佳在整个联盟中，这对他们来说并不容易。此外，周五重要的中后卫威尔莫特和贾吉尔卡也缺席了比赛。已经确认至少有一个会返回（未命名）。这将是两支最近表现非常出色的球队之间的一场非常有趣的比赛，但鉴于斯托克远离季后赛，也远离降级区，我认为主场球员的积极性将决定这场比赛。 米德尔斯堡看起来更好，在他们的球迷面前，他们应该战胜强硬的客队。因此，看好米德尔斯堡会获胜并继续令人印象深刻的比赛。