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PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: Riverside Date: Saturday, 29 November Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: Full-match commentary on BBC Tees 95FM, updates on BBC Radio 5-Live, BBC Sport website & highlights on Match of the Day; featured game on Final Score <hr> <!-- S SF -->Striker Mido has recovered from a groin injury and joins Middlesbrough's squad.
Robert Huth (ankle) is back in training but not yet match-fit and Chris Riggott (hamstring) remains on the sidelines.
Newcastle's Damien Duff (groin) and Shola Ameobi (ankle) have been ruled out, but Mark Viduka could finally return after an Achilles injury.
Steven Taylor has a chance of being included in the squad following his recovery from an abdominal muscle tear and Xisco (hamstring) is also fit. <!-- E SF -->
<hr> Middlesbrough (from): Turnbull, Hoyte, Taylor, Wheater, Pogatetz, O'Neil, Digard, Aliadiere, Downing, Mido, Tuncay, Jones, Grounds, Arca, Walker, Emnes, A Johnson, Alves, Hines.
Newcastle (from): Given, Harper, Beye, Enrique, N,Zogbia, Bassong, Coloccini, Taylor, Cacapa, Edgar, Butt, Guthrie, Gutierrez, Geremi, Owen, Martins, Viduka, Carroll, Xisco.
<hr> Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate:
"We have to make better decisions at both ends of the field and if we do that it will go a long way to us getting a good result.
"We need a positive reaction after our poor display last week whereas Newcastle will be buoyed by their last performance.
"We are four points ahead of them in the table. It is incredible for us to be above a club of Newcastle's status.
"Everybody knows the quality of players they have got and we will need to be at our very best to beat them."
Facts and Figures
The 120th Tyne-Tees derby, and 113th in the league sees Middlesbrough eager to hang on to a top 10 berth, and Newcastle
anxious to get out of the relegation zone.
'Boro narrowly missed out on registering their best sequence under Gareth Southgate, when a five-match unbeaten run came to an end, home to Bolton last weekend.
Newcastle have scored two more goals than the Teessiders, yet find themselves four points and eight places inferior. The top-flight's draw specialists are chasing a third league win under Joe Kinnear.
The last three of the 24 Premier League meetings between these clubs have been drawn. Middlesbrough's most recent of three victories over their North-East rivals, and their only maximum in the last five home meetings was 1-0 on 22 October 2006 when Yakubu grabbed the winner with five minutes remaining.
Distance between the clubs: 45 miles (72 kilometres)
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