MARTIN CRANIE and Jonny Howson have been named in Middlesbrough's starting line-up for this afternoon's Championship game at Burton Albion.
Cranie will make his first start since joining Boro from Huddersfield on January transfer-deadline day.
The full-back replaces Ryan Shotton, who will be on the substitutes' bench after dropping out of the side that started Friday's 2-1 defeat to Wolves.
Howson returns to midfield in place of Adam Clayton, who is also on the bench.
Patrick Bamford is once again preferred to Britt Assombalonga in attack.
BURTON (4-4-2): Bywater; Brayford, Naylor, McFadzean, McCrory; Akpan, Sordell, Davenport, Dyer; Boyce, Bent.
Subs: Allen, Turner, Murphy, Samuelson, Buxton, Sbarra, Egert.
MIDDLESBROUGH (4-1-4-1): Randolph; Cranie, Ayala, Gibson, Friend; Leadbitter; Traore, Howson, Besic, Downing; Bamford.
Subs: Konstantopoulos (gk), Shotton, Fry, Clayton, Harrison, Baker, Assombalonga.
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