Riyad Mahrez has his first sight of goal as he lines up a 25-yard free-kick - dead centre.

He plants it into the wall, though.

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Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger on 5 live Sport

Everything is going at 100 mph, it would be nice to see someone get a foot on the ball. There is a distinct lack of quality at the moment.

That sums it up - a foul throw.

Without utterly dominating the game, Leicester look a little more dangerous at the minute.

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Antonio Barragan - you beauty.

One of the worst foul throws I've seen. His body tries to fall forward with the ball.

Amateur but brilliant.

Riyad Mahrez pops a free-kick into the Middlesbrough area that almost falls nicely for Shinji Okazaki, but he can't get a meaningful effort away.

Christian Fuchs, back for his first game after a suspension, does connect with a long-range effort, but it bundles harmlessly wide.

Pat Nevin
Ex-Chelsea winger for 5 live Sport

It is a surprise Islam Slimani is not even on the bench for Leicester, but Ulloa has rarely let Leicester down. He does seem to have a good understanding with Okazaki.

I think Mahrez might play up front with Ulloa and Okazaki just behind them.

Middlesbrough's Gaston Ramirez is presented with the first hint of an opening, as Fabio slides him into space down the left.

The Uruguayan seems to hesitate though - perhaps considering a lob over Kasper Schmeichel. And the chance has gone.

Very little rhythm to speak of so far - plenty of tussles and aerial balls to win.

A few eyes will be on Nampalys Mendy in the Foxes midfield - the supposed replacement for N'Golo Kante is making only his second Premier League start.

Leicester were very good for large parts in their win over West Ham the other day.

They're hunting for their first away win of the league season but have seen little of the ball in the opening minutes.

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And Boro get today's action under way.

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It's a big one at the wrong end of the table for both teams.

Leicester could pull themslves up to 11th with a win, while Middlesbrough could be seven points clear of the drop zone.

At least until the later games.

Both teams are out of the tunnel at the Riverside. Here's a reminder of your line-ups:

Middlesbrough: Guzan, Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Fabio, Clayton, De Roon, Forshaw, Traore, Ramirez, Negredo    

Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, King, Amartey, Mendy, Mahrez, Okazaki, Ulloa.  

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Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

"I can't think of Boro v Leicester without being transported back to 1997, and the Foxes' League Cup final win, external thanks to Steve Claridge's replay winner.

"Claridge, Heskey, Juninho, Ravanelli…..good teams and good days. Were they really 20 years ago?

"In more recent history, the current sides served up a good game at the end of November, with Leicester twice behind but grabbing a draw late on - leaving Aitor Karanka with the same expression of disbelief that we saw at Old Trafford on Saturday.

"With three 'winnable' home games, January is a big month for Boro.

"With three away for Leicester it ought to finally be time for them to win one."

Quite the welcome for Oscar at the airport today, as he flew in to meet with his new club Shanghai SIPG.

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He's already bagged 14 goals for league leaders Chelsea this season, but striker Diego Costa has admitted he wanted to leave the club in the summer.

Costa joined the Blues for £32m in 2014, and was understood to be close to a return to former club Atletico Madrid after a difficult 2015-16 campaign.  

"Did I want to go? Yes, yes, I was about to leave. But not because of Chelsea," said the 28-year-old.  

Plenty of former Premier League players enjoyed Olivier Giroud's 'scorpion' goal against Crystal Palace yesterday...

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Manav Kakkar: Everyone seems to have forgotten Rooney's overhead goal against Man City   

Robbie Edwards: Defoe vs Newcastle. The greatest volley ever and over your arch rivals. Football dosen't get better than that  

Theo Davies: Nicky Maynard vs. QPR on Boxing Day 2009. Two touches to take it away from the defenders then a semi-bicycle kick top corner  

Simon Brotherton
Match of the Day commentator

"It has been two years now since Tony Pulis took over at West Brom and things look better at The Hawthorns than they have done for quite some time.

"Albion sit eighth in the table following Saturday's comeback win over Southampton.

"Pulis' first league game in charge was also against Hull in January 2015 and he'll be happy if history repeats itself as Albion were 1-0 winners that day.

"Hull have been on a wretched run of results away from home, losing the last seven in a row.

"I saw them at West Ham just before Christmas and thought they were very unlucky to lose, but it's hard to see a way out of the bottom three for a side who've won only one of the last 17 league matches."