Town boss Mick McCarthy is pleased that his squad now has the strength in depth to allow him to make changes without weakening his team as he did ahead of the 1-0 at Brighton on Tuesday.
Town boss Mick McCarthy has no other new injury problems aside from Jonny Williams, who will be out for 12 weeks having undergone shoulder surgery yesterday, although Tom Lawrence took a knock in training this morning but should be fine for the Boxing Day home game against Fulham.
Town boss Mick McCarthy felt his side had had the better of a well-contested game between two sides but “let their guard down” and allowed Middlesbrough to get their noses in front via Christian Stuani. The Teessiders went on to win the game 2-0 to climb to the top of the Championship table with David Nugent continuing his remarkable goalscoring record against the Blues and at Portman Road.
Christian Stuani and - inevitably - David Nugent were on target in the second half as Middlesbrough climbed to the top of the Championship via a 2-0 victory over Town at Portman Road. After the Blues had had the better of the first half, Stuani headed the opener on 54, then 20 minutes later Town’s nemesis Nugent scored his 15th goal in 14 games against Town and his 10th in eight at Portman Road.