Daniel Farke’s Whites are facing a tighter turnaround than Michael Carrick’s Riversiders who played on Friday night at Burnley. A 1-1 draw for Boro has left them fifth in the table and seven points behind second-placed Leeds whose weekend fixture took place on Saturday lunchtime at home to Derby County. A 2-0 win took Leeds from third to first before the Whites dropped back to second on Sunday through Sheffield United’s 2-2 draw at West Brom. But Leeds also suffered a fresh injury blow during Saturday’s win against the Rams, details of which Farke revealed at Monday’s pre-match press conference as part of a mixed bag of team news. Boro boss Carrick also held his pre-match press conference on Monday and here we run through the team news from both camps.
13. Riley McGree (back)
Another Boro player back in the mix. Australian international midfielder McGree suffered a dead leg in the defeat to Blackburn Rovers at the end of last month and missed the subsequent clash against Hull City but the 26-year-old returned as a second-half substitute at Burnley. Photo: John Walton
14. Ethan Ampadu (back)
A huge Whites boost. Club captain Ampadu returned from his knee injury to make the bench for the weekend's clash against Derby. The midfielder was an unused substitute and Farke has said quite how much Ampadu features in these upcoming games depends largely on who else he has to pick from. Photo: George Wood
15. Sam Byram (back)
A very timely boost given the injury to Firpo and doubt over Bogle, Byram back in team training after a hamstring injury of his own. Photo: Stu Forster