Boro can rise to the top of the Championship if they beat West Brom on Saturday ... and Gareth Southgate believes it can be done.

Gareth Southgate: “I think it’s two good quality teams, it’s a game that we’ve got great belief that we can win but we know that West Brom are a very good side and capable of scoring goals themselves.

“It won’t decide anybody’s fate but we would love the win to put ourselves top. They are unbeaten at the moment so it’s a great challenge, can we upset that record?”

"We are looking for three successive wins.

“We did it three or four weeks back so that’s the target and we’re not viewing that as an impossible task.”