MICHAEL Carrick has made five changes to his Middlesbrough team at Port Vale.

Tom Glover is in goal,  Matt Clarke comes into the team in place of Rav van den Berg, who is absent from the squad tonight, while Lukas Engel replaces Alex Bangura at left-back.

As expected, Sammy Silvera and Morgan Rogers both start, replacing Isaiah Jones, who is on the bench, and the cup-tied Sam Greenwood.

Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Jonny Howson, Dan Barlaser, Matt Crooks and Emmanuel Latte Lath all stay in the side.

The bench again includes a sprinkling of academy players, with Daniel Nkrumah, Calum Kavanagh, Law McCabe and Bryant Bilongo among the substitutes.

Middlesbrough: Glover, Dijksteel, Fry, Clarke, Engel; Howson, Barlaser; Silvera, Crooks, Rogers, Latte Lath

Substitutes: J.Jones, I.Jones, Gilbert, Coulson, Bangura, Nkrumah, Kavanagh, Bilongo

Port Vale: Ripley, Balmer, Garrity, Chislett, Devine, Ojo, Grant, Lowe, Arblaster, Massey, Debrah

Substitutes: Leutwiler, Sang, Smith, Loft, Ikpeazu, Iacovitti, Walters,Dipepa, Lomax