Summary

  • Lewis Grabban netted close-range equaliser for Forest to earn point for visitors

  • Goals from Rudy Gestede and Lewis Wing before half-time turned game in Boro's favour after Ryan Yates' opener

  • Nottingham Forest stay fourth, eight points behind second-placed Leeds

  • Middlesbrough remain 22nd and a point from safety in the Championship

  • Boro still without a win in any competition since 1 January

Live Reporting

Tom Garry

  1. Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT)

    Out come the players on a bitterly cold night at the Riverside.

    There are a fair few empty red seats in the stands - unsurprisingly you might say, given the hosts haven't won since New Year's Day.

    Can tonight be the night Jonathan Woodgate's men turn a corner?

  2. Get Involved

    #bbcefl

    Can Forest upset the West Brom and Leeds apple cart and win automatic promotion?

    And have Boro got enough to avoid the drop this season?

    Is Jonathan Woodgate the right man to keep the club up?

    Have your say via #bbcefl on social media.

  3. Team news

    Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT)

    Middlesbrough's Ashley Fletcher and George Friend miss out with hamstring problems. Rudy Gestede returns to start up top.

    For the visitors, Sammy Ameobi (hip) and Lewis Grabban (knee) have both been passed fit to start after recent niggles.

    Boro XI: Pears, Howson, Shotton, Moukoudi, Johnson, Clayton, McNair, Wing, Tavernier, Coulson, Gestede.

    Forest XI: Samba, Cash, Worrall, Figueiredo, Ribeiro, Watson, Yates, Lolley, Semedo, Ameobi, Grabban.

    Lewis GrabbanDan Westwell

  4. Can Boro climb out of the bottom three?

    Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT)

    TableBBC Sport

    Middlesbrough are winless since New Year's Day and the result of their slump is that they are now in the bottom three, in serious danger of playing League One football next season.

    Tonight they have a chance to climb back out of the danger zone - a victory would lift them above Stoke, Charlton and Wigan to 19th.

    It's very tight at the bottom, with just six points separating the bottom six as it stands, and only eight points separating the bottom eight, none of whom are safe yet.

  5. How it stands at the top

    Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT)

    TableBBC Sport

    Tonight, fourth-placed Nottingham Forest have an opportunity to move within six points of an automatic promotion place.

    A win would also lift the East Midlands club to within just seven points of leaders West Bromwich Albion.

  6. Pressure at both ends of the table

    Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (19:45 GMT)

    Rudy Gestede and Ryan ShottonRex Features

    Good evening! In a few hours time, every Championship club will have just 10 games left this season and the home stretch will be in sight.

    But first, two sides fighting at opposite ends of the table have a crucial game in hand to contest.

    Relegation-threatened Middlesbrough and promotion hopefuls Nottingham Forest are going head-to-head at the Riverside from 19:45 GMT and this is the place for full live text commentary. Thanks for joining me. Shall we?