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MIDDLESBROUGH ___V___ WEST HAM UNITED
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Venue: The Riverside Stadium
Date: Tuesday 29 November
Kick-off: 1945
GMT Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio;
Text commentary on the BBC Sport website
CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM NEWS
Middlesbrough will make a late decision on midfielder Barry Robson, who has experienced tightness in his thigh.
Marvin Emmes (calf) and Scott McDonald (illness) are also doubts, while Kevin Thomson (hamstring) will miss out.
West Ham midfielder Matt Taylor is likely to settle for a place on the bench after returning from a calf injury in the weekend win over Derby.
Winston Reid (shoulder), Gary O'Neil (ankle), Henri Lansbury and David Bentley (both knee) are all still out.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• West Ham have won 23 and Middlesbrough 22 of 56 previous league matches against each other.
• The Hammers have claimed 13 of the last available 15 Premier League points against the Teesside club, since 'Boro's 1-0 home victory on 11 November 2006.
• Their most recent meeting at the Riverside was in the FA Cup in February 2009, when 'Boro prevailed 2-0 in a replay, to gain a place in the quarter-finals.
MIDDLESBROUGH
•Middlesbrough are the draw specialists of the Championship (eight), have lost fewer games than any other club (two), and with West Ham, boast the tightest defence in the division.
• Five points outside the automatic promotion spots, the fourth-placed Teesside club are defending one of three remaining unbeaten home records in the second tier.
• Tony Mowbray's side are undefeated in four home and away (W2, D2), but have not lost in 16 games at the Riverside, having won seven and drawn nine since QPR's victorious visit on 26 February.
WEST HAM UNITED
•West Ham could find themselves at the top of the table, if they complete a fourth successive league win and fourth in a row on the road.
• They are yet to take a point off a fellow top-four club, but hold the best away record in the division.
• Kevin Nolan is poised to make his 400th career league appearance.
Last edited by Jiggs on Tue 29 Nov 2011, 6:50 pm; edited 3 times in total
Iam going ether 1-0 west ham or 2-2 tonight 
1-0 West Ham !!!
