Town will be looking to play the role of party poopers at Middlesbrough tomorrow and put the brakes on their opponents’ seemingly relentless march towards automatic promotion to the Premier League.
Town boss Mick McCarthy has decisions to make throughout his team ahead of Saturday’s away game against second-placed AFC Bournemouth. McCarthy has to choose whether to continue with Bartosz Bialkowski in goal or to bring back the fit-again Dean Gerken, while he has plenty of options in midfield and a dilemma in his defence.