The forward came oh so close to playing for Boro before snubbing the club in order to join Montpellier and is now a deadly striker – at times.
Giroud divides opinion between the fans and the media but there is no denying he can score goals and make a difference to the game.
Giroud looks set to start the game and you have to imagine that over the 90 minutes, he will get a chance of two and it will be up to Gibson et al to stop him.