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That's really good pressing from the visitors, led by Adam Forshaw, pinching the ball inside the City half and creating a chance for Britt Assombalonga - but the former Nottingham Forest forward can only blaze it high and wide.

Both teams enjoy some early possession, before Adama Traore and Britt Assombalonga link up well down the Boro left to earn an early corner.

The hosts, so good both offensively and defensively from set-pieces, hook it clear.

Bobby Reid, Bristol City's leading marksman, gets us up and running under the lights in south Bristol.

The rain's stayed away, but it's still a night to wrap up warm, make no mistake about that.

Right then, shall we crack on with our late game?

The two teams are out at Ashton Gate, Bristol City in their familiar red and white and Middlesbrough in their change strip of white and navy.

The usual formalities are well under way, kick-off is moments away...

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Although Middlesbrough edge the overall head-to-head between these two teams, it's the Robins who've had the better of this contest in recent years.

Bristol City have won each of their past four meetings, the last of those a 1-0 win in January 2016 - the first game following Steve Cotterill's departure as manager.

So who'll come out on top today? You can let us know by using #bbcefl on Twitter.

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Bristol City have arguably been the polar opposite of Middlesbrough, right in the thick of a top-six challenge having endured a club record run of defeats on their way to finishing 17th last season.

As it happens, no Championship side has lost fewer games than City since 1 March. The Robins had lost 15 of their 19 matches before that.

All plain sailing then? Not completely so in recent weeks, according to centre-half Aden Flint.

"The results we've picked up have been good," Flint told BBC Radio Bristol. "But the performances haven't been so good. We're working to put that right."

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It's not been the smoothest of starts for pre-season promotion favourites Middlesbrough, who've only twice strung together back-to-back wins and find themselves in ninth after Ipswich won this afternoon.

It's games like this one this evening, therefore, that they probably need to be winning - an opportunity to pull themselves to within two points of Bristol City and stay in touch with the chasing pack.

"We've made far too many avoidable mistakes and we've not been clinical or ruthless enough with the chances we've created," Boro boss Garry Monk told BBC Tees during the week.

"Those are the two areas that are holding us back."

Just to complete some formalities, by the way, we're hearing that QPR defender Alex Baptiste was sent off for dissent after the final whistle had gone at Deepdale.

Preston scored late on to beat Rangers, who also had Jamie Mackie red-carded in the 22nd minute.

Garry Monk's Middlesbrough are without Daniel Ayala, who is serving a one-match suspension, but Jonny Howson comes back into their starting XI.

Middlesbrough: Randolph, Christie, Fry, Gibson, Fabio, Howson, Forshaw, Traore, Downing, Braithwaite, Assombalonga.

Substitutes: Konstantopoulos, Friend, Clayton, Tavernier, Johnson, Bamford, Gestede.

Bristol City have made two changes to the side that won 3-2 at Hull City last Saturday, with Joe Bryan and Jamie Paterson replaced Cauley Woodrow and the injured Callum O'Dowda.

Bristol City: Fielding, Wright, Flint, Baker, Magnusson, Brownhill, Smith, Pack, Bryan, Paterson, Reid.

Substitutes: Steele, Vyner, Leko, Eliasson, Woodrow, Djuric, Taylor.

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Eight down, one to go - and this one is arguably the pick of the bunch.

It's now time we turned our attentions towards Ashton Gate, where play-off rivals Bristol City and Middlesbrough are set to do battle in what Robins boss Lee Johnson has already billed "the first six-pointer of the season".

We'll hand over to Brendon Mitchell for all the build-up and live text commentary, starting with the team news from south Bristol...

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Bristol Rovers came from 1-0 down to beat Rotherham United in League One, with Ellis Harrison and Liam Sercombe scoring second-half goals.

Southend United eased to victory over Oldham Athletic at Roots Hall to edge closer to the play-off places.

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• Chris Coleman's first home game as Sunderland manager ends in defeat, as Reading score three second-half goals to beat the Black Cats.
• Sheffield United remain six points off the top two after losing 3-1 at Millwall.
• Michael Dawson's 95th-minute equaliser rescues a point for struggling Hull City away at Sheffield Wednesday.
• Bolton move out of the bottom three with a win over out-of-form Barnsley,
• Derby edge past Burton to move up to fifth momentarily while Ipswich win a six-goal thriller against play-off rivals Nottingham Forest.
• Preston score late to beat 10-man QPR and Brentford beat Fulham in the west London derby.

Michael Dawson's late goal salvages a point for Hull.

The Tigers remain without a win in seven games and are three points above the relegation zone.

Wednesday extend their unbeaten run to seven games, but have drawn their last four.

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Ten-man Sunderland lose in Chris Coleman's first home game in charge.

The Black Cats are now winless in 21 games at the Stadium of Light, stretching back to December 2016.

Reading move up to 14th.

Two goals from Gary Madine help Bolton climb out of the relegation zone with victory over Barsnley, who suffer their fourth successive defeat.

QPR remain without a win in five games as Jordan Hugill's late goal earns Preston victory at Deepdale.

Brentford win for the first time in four games to climb into the top-half of the table.

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Johnny Russell's late goal means Derby make it seven wins in their last 10.

Struggling Burton have now won one of their last 12 league games.