The second leg of the EFL Cup semi-final will see Chelsea and Middlesbrough battling for a place in the final. Our soccer betting odds have the Blues as overwhelming favorites to win in regulation.
With three upcoming matches over nine days, Mauricio Pochettino will be happy to have had 10 days off since their last match. But that’s not enough to get any of his injured players back, with nearly a full squad either on the trainer’s table or away for international duty. Still, he has the quality at his disposal to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg and reach the final.
Middlesbrough will hope to somehow do enough to make that advantage count. They were fortunate to escape with the win in the first leg after conced…