MICHAEL Carrick has handed Emmanuel Latte Lath and Lukas Engel their first Boro starts, with the head coach making five changes for the game against Huddersfield Town.

Latte Lath leads the line for Boro, replacing Matt Crooks, while Engel comes in for Hayden Coulson at left-back.

In the other changes, Rav van den Berg comes in for Paddy McNair at right-back, with the Northern Ireland international missing from the squad. Jonny Howson makes his first start of the season, replacing Dan Barlaser, and Marcus Forss is in for Isaiah Jones on the right flank.

Riley McGree is again among the substitutes for Boro, along with Martin Payero, Josh Coburn and Alex Gilbert.

Neil Warnock has named an unchanged Huddersfield side despite his side going down 1-0 to Leicester City last time out.

Boro: Dieng, van den Berg, Fry, Lenihan, Engel; Howson, Hackney; Forss, Rogers, Silvera, Latte Lath

Subs: Glover, Barlaser, McGree, Jones, Gilbert, Coburn, Payero, Coulson, Crooks

Huddersfield: Nicholls; Edwards, Pearson, Helik, Ruffels; Hogg, Rudoni; Thomas, Diarra, Koroma; Ward.

Substitutes: Maxwell, Headley, Nakayama, Edmonds-Green, Jackson, Jones, Burgzorg, Harratt, Hudlin