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Middlesbrough's Adama Traore may return after missing their game with Barnsley after arriving late for the team bus.
Boro boss Garry Monk - who also hopes to have winger Marvin Johnson fit again - is satisfied with Traore's attitude in training since the incident.
Visitors Cardiff City have defender Callum Paterson available for the first time since his summer move from Hearts.
Iceland midfielder Aron Gunnarsson hopes to be fit after jarring his ankle in their 1-0 loss at Birmingham City.
Jazz Richards (ankle) and Kadeem Harris (knee) remain out, with manager Neil Warnock reporting Harris faces another month on the sidelines.
Boro's Rudy Gestede (thigh), who has not featured since the end of August, remains a long-term absentee.
Match factsMiddlesbrough have won nine of their last 11 home league games against Cardiff (L2), including winning each of the last three.None of the last 22 league meetings between the sides have ended as a draw, with Middlesbrough winning 12 and Cardiff winning 10 since a 1-1 draw in April 1971.After keeping five clean sheets in six league games, Boro are without a clean sheet in their last five, conceding eight goals.The Bluebirds have won four of their last seven league away games (D1 L2), as many as they had won in their previous 17 in the division.Stewart Downing assisted Britt Assombalonga's goal against Barnsley last time out, his first assist for the club since April.Boasting four assists in his last 10 Championship starts this season, no Cardiff player has assisted as many league goals as Junior Hoilett since his debut on the 14th October 2016 (eight).
Source: bbc.com