Source: Northern_Echo
McDonald starts for Boro
SCOTT McDONALD has been included in the Middlesbrough team to face Crystal Palace this afternoon.[LNB] The Australian striker, a £3.5m buy from Celtic, has been struggling with a hamstring problem and was expected to play one match over Easter.[LNB] His inclusion this afternoon is likely to mean he will be missing at Plymouth on Monday. He replaces Lee Miller in the Boro attack against Palace.[LNB] Young winger Jonathan Franks has also been preferred to Julio Arca on the left at the Riverside Stadium, as manager Gordon Strachan looks to close the gap to the play-offs to four points.[LNB] MIDDLESBROUGH: Jones; Hoyte, Wheater, McManus,Taylor; Robson, O'Neil, Williams, Franks; Killen, McDonald.[LNB] Subs: Coyne (gk), Lita, O'Shea, Miller, Arca, Grounds, Naughton.[LNB] CRYSTAL PALACE (4-5-1): Speroni; N'Diaye, McCarthy, Davis, Lawrence; Ambrose, Derry, Danns, Carle, Ertl; Lee. Subs: Manns, John, Scannell, Andrew, Comley, Zaha, Holland.[LNB]
