Middlesbrough will be without suspended midfielder Rhys Williams, who was sent off during Tuesday's draw at Derby.Full-back Kyle Naughton is being assessed after picking up a knee injury in that game at Pride Park.
JULIO ARCA wants the Middlesbrough boo boys to unite behind the team for the promotion run-in after reassuring supporters that Gordon Strachan's squad are desperate to return to the Premier League.
STEVE GIBSON is convinced that Middlesbrough are poised to regain their position as contenders for domestic and European honours, believing that Gordon Strachan is the man to lead them back to glory.
GORDON STRACHAN last night told his Middlesbrough squad that they have the ability to become a right good team if they eradicate the lapses in concentration which threaten to end their play-off aspirations.