TONY Mowbray has made five changes to his side Middlesbrough side for this evening's Championship home game with Peterborough.

After switching formation for the weekend defeat to Wolves, Mowbray reverts to a 4-4-2 formation, with Rhys Williams returning to skipper the side at the heart of the back four.

Faris Haroun, Josh McEachran and Sammy Ameobi come into the midfield, with Ishmael Miller selected to partner Scott McDonald up front.

Stephen McManus, Jonathan Woodgate, Mustapha Carayol, Adam Reach and Lukas Jutkiewicz are the players to drop out from the team that started at Molineux.

Despite their wretched recent run, Boro will move back to within three points of the play-offs if they win this evening.

MIDDLESBROUGH (4-4-2): Steele; Hoyte, Bikey, R Williams, Friend; Haroun, Leadbitter, McEachran, Ameobi; McDonald, Miller.

Subs: Leutwiler (gk), McManus, Bailey, Zemmama, Carayol, Main, Jutkiewicz.

PETERBOROUGH (4-4-2): Olejnik; Knight-Percival, Little, Zakuani, Alcock; Ferdinand, Rowe, Newell, Payne; Gayle, Tomlin.

Subs: Day (gk), Brisley, Swanson, Barnett, McCann, Cuvelier, Mendez-Laing.

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