Middlesbrough VS Chelsea : FA Cup ... what will the Blues do today @8:45pm

Middlesbrough will be without the ineligible trio of Josh McEachran, Kieron Dyer and Sammy Ameobi. Boro will also be without Lukas Jutkiewicz (ankle) and Jonathan Woodgate (calf), while Stuart Parnaby, Justin Hoyte and Julio Arca remain out.

Chelsea's Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta will both miss the tie. Azpilicueta has a leg injury, while Cahill has a virus, so John Terry could come back into the side, having been rested at Manchester City on Sunday.

Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez has denied reports of a bust-up with his team following the 2-0 defeat at Etihad Stadium.

MATCH FACTS: Head-to-head

• These clubs first met in 1907; Chelsea have won 53 of the 113 games and Middlesbrough 31.

• They last clashed in the 2008-09 Premier League season, when Chelsea did the double and took their winning sequence to five since Middlesbrough's 2-1 home triumph in August 2006.

• Chelsea lead 2-1 in the FA Cup head-to-head standings, with the most significant tie being their 2-0 victory in the Wembley final in May 1997, when Roberto Di Matteo famously scored after 43 seconds, Ruud Gullit became the first foreign manager to win the cup, and Mark Hughes picked up a fourth winners' medal.

• A trip to Old Trafford awaits the winners, and a quarter-final tie against Manchester United on Saturday 9 March. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21515665

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Chelsea will face Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter-finals after comfortably beating Championship side Middlesbrough at the Riverside.

Chances were limited on a freezing night on Teesside as Scott McDonald headed wide for the hosts in the first half before Petr Cech spilled Mustapha Carayol's shot.

Chelsea made the breakthrough after the interval when Ramires's shot hit Fernando Torres on its way in.

Eden Hazard then came on to add more thrust to the visitors' attacking play, and the Belgian's clever one-two with Oscar helped set up Victor Moses for a simple finish after 72 minutes.

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