ASHLEY FLETCHER and Lukas Nmecha start as part of four changes to the Middlesbrough team that will face Birmingham City this evening.

The attacking duo are set to start alongside each other in attack, with Rudy Gestede and Marcus Tavernier dropping out of the side that started last Friday's defeat at Fulham.

Jonathan Woodgate's other two changes see Marvin Johnson and Lewis Wing return to the starting side.

Johnson replaces Hayden Coulson at left wing-back, while Wing is preferred to Adam Clayton at the heart of midfield.

Birmingham boss Pep Clotet has included former Boro striker Lukas Jutkiewicz in his starting XI.

Middlesbrough (5-3-2): Pears; Spence, Howson, McNair, Fry, Johnson; Roberts, Saville, Wing; Nmecha, Fletcher.

Subs: Mejias (gk), Wood, Reading, Liddle, Clayton, Tavernier, Gestede.

Birmingham (4-2-3-1): Camp; Colin, Roberts, Clarke-Salter, Pedersen; Gardner, Maghoma; Davis, Mrabti, Bela; Jutkiewicz.

Subs: Trueman (gk), Crowley, Montero, McEachran, Bellingham, Gimenez, Sunjic.