Boro skipper, Matthew Bates, returned for the first time since limping off at Crystal Palace on February 5. Stephen McManus also started at Bramall Lane, while Nicky Bailey had also shaken off his knock and lined up against Sheffield United. Out, from the side with drew with City, went Julio Arca, Richard Smallwood and Andrew Davies who began the match on the bench
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Sheffield 4-4-2: Simonson; Nosworthy , Collins, Lowton Mattock; Doyle, Quinn Risse, Lowry, Henderson, Bogdanovic
Subs: Aksalu, Tonne, Kozluk, Yeates, McAllister, Bent, James
Boro: Smith, Bates, McManus, Hines, Bennett; McMahon, Williams, Bailey, Taylor; McDonald, Emnes
Subs: Coyne, Halliday, Arca, Smallwood, Davies, Tavares, Kink
Source: Northern Echo
Source: Northern Echo