Source: Northern_Echo
Matchfile: Coventry City v Middlesbrough
COVENTRY CITY
Westwood
Wright Hall Cranie Turner
Clingan Osbourne Cork McIndoe
Best Morrison
Aliadiere Emnes
Johnson O'Neil Arca Williams
McMahon St Ledger Wheater Grounds
Coyne
MIDDLESBROUGH
Boro subs (from): Jones (gk), Hines, Hoyte, Bennett, Yeates, Franks, Lita, Folan
Coventry subs (from): Ireland (gk), Ward, Eastwood,Cain, Grandison, Clarke, Gunnarsson
MIDDLESBROUGH: Gareth Southgate is boosted by the return of Gary O'Neil - regarded by the manager as the finest midfielder in the Championship.
Emanuel Pogatetz and Didier Digard will not be risked despite coming through reserve team action in midweek. Caleb Folan and Leroy Lita are pressing for a starting berth in attack alongside fit-again Jeremie Alaidiere.
Suspensions: None
Injuries: Pogatetz,Digard (both fitness), Riggott, Bates (both knee), Taylor (ankle)
Last five League games: LWWLW
Leading League scorer: Johnson 5
Next game: vs Leicester City (h)
COVENTRY CITY: Chris Coleman will give a late fitness test to Isaac Osbourne who hasn't trained all week after sustaining a leg injury.
The Sky Blues manager will recall Aron Gunnarsson if the midfielder fails to recover. Striker Leon Best is also nursing an injury but should be fit.
Suspensions: None
Injuries: McPake (shoulder), Bell (ankle)
Last five League games: LWDLL
Leading League scorer: Morrison 5
Key player: Clinton Morrison - the latest Boro old boy aiming to gun down his former employers
Last season: n/a
League head to head: Boro 11, draws 11, Coventry 14
Referee: Graham Horwood (Bedford) G8 Y20 R2 Av 2.75
Last Boro game: n/a
Odds: H11/5; A11/8; D12/5
It's a fact: Boro have won every game game that Gary O'Neil has started this season
Comment by Adam Murray: Coventry's hit and miss start to the season offers Boro a great chance to bounce back.
Prediction: 1-2
