First-half goals from David Wheater and Stewart Downing give Boro a comfortable win over Birmingham.

Mido comes off for Dong-Gook Lee

Aliadiere comes off to rapturous applause and is replaced by Tuncay Sanli

McSheffrey fires a shot just wide

It appears all over with less than 10 minutes left

Rochemback is replaced by Lee Cattermole for Boro

Kapo is the latest Birmingham player to be booked for a foul on Mido

Jerome is offside for Blues

Blues look beaten with just over 15 minutes left at The Riverside

Aliadiere has been excellent today and he goes close again to making it 3-0

Aliadiere's cross is fired wide by Luke Young

It's all Boro still with a third goal on the cards

Downing's effort is cleared off the line by Nafti as Boro continue to look to wrap things up

Rochemback's shot is blocked as Boro pile forward again

Nafti is booked for a foul on Mido

Bruce was obviously unhappy with his side's display and decided to haul three off at once

Rochemback's corner is cleared well by O'Connor

And Muamba comes off for Mehdi Nafti

Mikael Forssell is also replaced by Garry O'Connor

Steve Bruce has had enough and makes three changes Larsson is replaced by Gary McSheffrey

Aliadiere's effort is well saved by Taylor now

Rochemback's cross is headed wide by Arca - but he should have scored

Mido has been lively again, causing Blues all sorts of problems but he's caught offside

Mido is the second player shown the yellow card

Radhi Jaidi brings down Mido early in the second half

The second 45 gets underway with Birmingham needing a quick goal to get back into it

Wheater and Downing on target as Boro are in charge at the break

Julio Arca gets frustrated and is late on Muamba

Bruce will need to give his side a major talking to at half time as Blues have, on the whole, been second best in the first half

Just as City had shown signs of coming back into it, Boro go further in front

Downing fires Boro further in front, latching onto George Boateng's downward header

Boro are still in front but the visitors are definitely in the game more now

Fabrice Muamba is the first player of the afternoon to be booked

Birmingham are showing signs of improvement as another Jerome shot is straight at Schwarzer

Wheater hauls down Jerome but Larsson's free-kick comes to nothing

Larsson's cross is cleared well by Wheater

Jeremie Aliadiere's shot is well saved by Maik Taylor as Boro continue to look the more dangerous side

Johan Djourou tries an ambitious shot, but it's fairly comfortable for Mark Schwarzer

Steve Bruce will be hoping that goal will rejuvenate his side as they have been quiet so far

Blues hit on the counter-attack as a Cameron Jerome shot flies over the bar

The home side are really taking the game to Birmingham and they are on the lookout for a quick second goal

The goal has been coming for Boro, who have dominated so far

Boro take an early lead through David Wheater, who heads home Andrew Taylor's cross

Birmingham do venture forward and win a corner from which Larsson's delivery is met by the head of Liam Ridgewell, but it's wide

The home side have definitely made the better start here with Blues yet to muster a decent attack

Fabio Rochemback's corner finds its way to David Wheater but it flies over as Boro make the better start

Stewart Downing's cross evades everyone and drifts harmlessly out of play

The action gets underway at The Riverside

Middlesbrough are unchanged from last week's derby draw against Newcastle, while for Birmingham, Sebastian Larsson replaces Gary McSheffrey up front