2:41pm Saturday 21st November 2009
By Scott Wilson
DAVE Kitson will make his Middlesbrough debut in this afternoon's home game with Nottingham Forest.
Kitson has been named in the starting line-up alongside former Reading team-mate Leroy Lita as Gordon Strachan attempts to claim his first victory as Boro boss.
Strachan has made three changes in all, with fit-again full-back Emanuel Pogatetz wearing a protective mask as he replaces Jonathan Grounds.
The final change sees Julio Arca returning to midfield, with Rhys Williams expected to start at right-back in place of the absent Justin Hoyte.
MIDDLESBROUGH (4-4-2): Jones; Williams, St Ledger, Wheater, Pogatetz; O'Neil, Osbourne, Arca, Johnson; Lita, Kitson.
Subs: Coyne (gk), Taylor, Yeates, Digard, Bent, Franks, McMahon.
NOTTM FOREST (4-4-2): Camp; Gunter, Morgan, Wilson, Cohen; Garner, McKenna, Moussi, Anderson; Adebola, McGoldrick.
Subs: Smith (gk), Chambers, McGugan, Earnshaw, McCleary, Blackstock, Majewski.
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