MIDDLESBROUGH head to Fulham for the first game of their Championship season on Sunday. 

Neil Warnock's side head down to Craven Cottage for an afternoon kick-off against the Cottagers and newly appointed manager Marco Silva. 

Digital Sports Writer Matty Jones has a look back on the last five meetings between the two sides:

Fulham 1-0 Middlesbrough (Friday 17th January 2020)

While Fulham were in the middle of a promotion push that would see them seal an immediate return to the Premier League, Boro were fighting against the threat of relegation. 

Anthony Knockaert's sixth minute tap-in was the difference between the two sides with the Frenchman getting on the end of Joe Bryan's low delivery. 

The Coattagers climbed up to third that evening while Boro were languishing in sixteenth place in the table. 

Middlesbrough 0-0 Fulham (Saturday 23rd October 2019)

Things were starting to really turn sour under Jonathan Woodgate from a Boro perspective and while it probably looked like a good result on paper, the game itself told a different story. 

The home side were handed a huge opportunity early on in the game when Fulham goalkeeper Marek Rodak was sent off after just 17 minutes for handling Jonny Howson's shot from outside the box. 

Lewis Wing struck the post from a free-kick but that was about as good as they could offer.

Boro couldn't capitalise on their man advantage and ended up drawing. After the game, Woodgate said Fulham going down to ten men killed the game off as his side slipped into the relegation zone. 

Middlesbrough 0-1 Fulham (Saturday 13th January 2018)

Boro suffered an agonising defeat at the Riverside Stadium under Tony Pulis as Oliver Norwood scored a penalty for the Cottagers in the fifth minute of second half stoppage time. 

Grant Leadbitter was the guilty party as he tripped up Norwood in the box. 

Boro banged on the door throughout the game with chances from Rudy Gestede and Britt Assombalonga. Britt struck the bar while Gestede missed two one-on-one chances. 

Both teams were gunning for a play-off spot and Fulham ended up overtaking Boro after the result as the home side slipped to ninth in the table. 

Fulham 1-1 Middlesbrough (Saturday 23rd September 2017)

Spirits were high inthe Boro camp following a late equaliser at Craven Cottage. 

It looked like Boro were condemned to defeat when Aboubakar Kamara got on the receiving end of Ryan Sessegnon's cross in the 86th minute. 

However, two minutes later, Cyrus Christie seized upon the ball behind the Fulham defence and rifled low into the bottom corner. 

Boro climbed to fifth in the table under the tenureship of Garry Monk, who was later sacked in December. 

Fulham 2-1 Middlesbrough (Tuesday 24th August 2016)

Middlesbrough had returned to the Premier League while Fulham were still in the Championship but it was the Cottagers who came out on top in this EFL Cup tie. 

Boro led through David Nugent in the eight minute but were pegged back in the second half by Julian De Sart's inadvertent own goal. Remember him?

With the game heading to penalties, Lasse Vigen Christensen turned in Malone's low cross took book their place in round three.