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Derbies can be pretty tasty at the best of times. Throw in the carrot of a play-off final at Wembley for the winner, and it gets positively scrumptious.

East Anglia will probably come to a standstill tomorrow lunchtime as Ipswich host Norwich in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final at Portman Road.

Norwich have been revitalised since manager Alex Neil's arrival in January and completed a league double over their neighbours during the regular season.

Never count out Ipswich, though, and especially their boss Mick McCarthy, who has twice won promotion from the Championship as a manager.

Read BBC Sport's match preview here.

This is the first of the weekend's Championship play-off games but there's also a decent match that means quite a bit to the teams involved coming up...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is in the Griffin Park stands and you might argue this Middlesbrough performance is right out of the Mourinho handbook - they've worked harder than a party activist on election night in defence and have made the most of possession (which has been just 36% of the time), firing in six shots and forcing seven corners.

Ian Holloway
Ex-Blackpool and Crystal Palace manager, BBC Radio 5 live

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"Middlesbrough are definitely worth the lead at the moment. It was a sloppy start but you can see their game plan. They're very well structured. Now, because they're in front, it's down to Brentford to break them down and we haven't seen many signs of that.

"I think Brentford aren't used to this sort of stage and the enormity of what's possible. The marking for the goal was outrageous. I haven't seen Brentford do that and it's the last thing Mark Warburton would have wanted."

The whistle goes with Middlesbrough ending the half on the attack and Jelle Vossen firing a decent effort over after some nice link-up play from Patrick Bamford.

Brentford defender Harlee Dean tries to play long under Boro's relentless pressure and puts the ball straight out of play. The Bees need to find some composure on the ball if they are to get back into this.

Brentford's James Tarkowski goes very close with a wonderfully directed header, which just creeps over the bar. It's Brentford's turn to enjoy a spell on top - so far this has been everything you expect of a play-off game.

Ryan Buckley: I would love if Brentford came back to win this! Hope they do. Would love to see them in the Premier League.

Baz Saikia: Middlesborough the Chelsea equivalent? Sit back, play on the counter attack. Surely Mourinho hands Bamford a place next season?

Tom Holmes: I'm a huge fan of this Brentford side's mettle, but honestly, only one of these two sides has what it takes to survive the PL.

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Ian Holloway
Ex-Blackpool and Crystal Palace manager, BBC Radio 5 live

"Middlesbrough are walking a tightrope with these yellow cards. That was a crazy challenge from Whitehead."

Albert Adomah and Dean Whitehead become the third and fourth Middlesbrough players to receive a booking, both for clumsy fouls on Brentford midfielder Alan Judge, who has certainly come in for some treatment, as they say.

Brentford are starting to go a bit longer in an effort to bypass Boro's pressing game, but Andre Gray's struggles to hold the ball up are seeing the ball come back time and time again. The Bees desperately need him to find his first touch if they are to get a foothold.

Ian Holloway
Ex-Blackpool and Crystal Palace manager, BBC Radio 5 live

"You've got to get away from the occasion and get on with the game. I fully expected Brentford to carry on. They've had such a magnificent season and thoroughly deserve to get in the play-offs. Let's see if they can cope with them."

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Middlesbrough's pressing game has gone up a level since the goal, with Brentford's players not given a moment's rest on the ball. The intensity is high - can Brentford weather the storm?

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Two excellent stops from goalkeeper David Button in quick succession keep Brentford in the game but they are living dangerously at the back. The first sees him make a sharp save at the near post after Lee Tomlin cuts inside and fires a daisycutter in on goal.

The second is even better as he somehow claws Vossen's scuffed effort back out from on the goal line. Replays suggest it was the right decision not to award the goal but it was a matter of millimetres.

Brentford go straight on the attack and win a free-kick on the left-hand side of the Boro box. Alan Judge lines up an effort but it's always going over the bar. From the distance and angle, it would have needed to be a Beckham-esque effort to really trouble the keeper.

OptaJoe:, external Middlesbrough have won all six previous games in which Jelle Vossen has scored this season. Charm.

Ian Holloway
Ex-Blackpool and Crystal Palace manager, BBC Radio 5 live

"A great ball in from Adam Clayton. Nothing fancy, he just put it in an area. Vossen was all on his own - it's terrible marking.

"It's done us a favour in this game because Brentford have got to come out and be positive."

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What a header from Jelle Vossen - but how was he allowed so much space in the Brentford box? Adam Clayton curls in a cross which is just asking to be nodded in and Vossen takes advantage of some very loose marking to oblige.

Rob Stevens
BBC Sport at Griffin Park

"Brentford have grown into this game after a scrappy start. Middlesbrough, also known for their passing style, have been loose in possession.

"Brentford fans are making sure referee Jonathan Moss hears about every foul on their players."

Brentford have started to dominate possession in the last 10 minutes, but when Andre Gray concedes the ball on halfway Middlesbrough launch a rapid counterattack. Albert Adomah should be away in space on the right, but he goes too early and is rightly flagged offside.

A warning for Brentford, who are playing a high line in defence.