Middlesbrough da Blackburn Rovers za su fafata a zagaye na uku na gasar FA Cup a ranar Asabar, 11 ga Janairu, 2025, a filin wasa na Riverside. Dukkan kungiyoyin biyu suna fafutukar samun gurbin shiga gasar Premier League, amma za su bar wannan damar a wannan karon don yin kokarin samun nasara a gasar FA Cup.
Middlesbrough, wanda ke matsayi na biyar a gasar Championship, ya ci gaba da rashin cin nasara a wasanni shida na baya-bayan nan, amma kawai biyu daga cikin waɗannan wasannin sun ƙare da nasara. Kungiyar ta samu canjaras 1-1 da Cardiff City a karshen mako, wanda ya sa tazarar da ke tsakaninta da matsayi na biyu ya karu. Hakan ya sa Middlesbrough ta dogara ne kawai ga gasar playoffs don komawa gasar Premier League bayan kusan shekaru goma.
A gefe guda, Blackburn Rovers, wanda ke matsayi na bakwai a gasar Championship, ya sami ci gaba a gasar FA Cup a baya-bayan nan. Kungiyar ta kai zagaye na biyar a kakar wasa ta bana, kuma ta kai zagaye na huɗu a kakar wasa ta 2022-23. Duk da haka, Blackburn ta sami ci gaba mai ban mamaki a gasar Championship, inda ta samu maki biyu kacal daga wasanni biyar na ƙarshe.
Middlesbrough za ta fafata ba tare da wasu ‘yan wasa manya ba, ciki har da masu tsaron gida biyu. Blackburn kuma za ta yi wasa ba tare da dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye a raga ba, tare da wasu ‘yan wasa da ke fama da raunuka. Duk da haka, kungiyoyin biyu suna da damar samun nasara a wannan wasan, wanda zai iya zama mai ban sha’awa.
Middlesbrough ta ci Blackburn a wasannin FA Cup guda biyu da suka hadu a baya, amma na karshe daga cikinsu ya kasance a shekarar 2002. Blackburn ta kasance mai nasara a wasannin da ta yi da Middlesbrough a baya-bayan nan, inda ta ci 1-0 a filin wasa na Riverside a farkon wannan kakar wasa.
Ana sa ran wasan zai kasance mai tsauri, tare da yuwuwar komawa zuwa bugun fenariti. Dukkan kungiyoyin biyu suna da burin samun nasara a wannan gasa, wanda zai iya ba su kwarin gwiwa don ci gaba da kokarin samun gurbin shiga gasar Premier League.
