npower Championship
Sunday 22nd August 2010, 13:15pm
All the big match reaction:
Match highlights (5m00s), on BladesPlayer
Match report
Gaffer's reaction
Match gallery
As it happened
Yellow: David Wheater (90m) unsporting behaviour
Sub: Andrew Taylor on (78m) for Andy Halliway
Sub: Stephen Quinn on (75m) for Nyron Nosworthy
Sub: Leroy Lita on (69m) for Kris Boyd
Sub: Daniel Bogdanovic on (65m) for Ched Evans
Yellow: Matthew Bates (62m)
Goal: Kris Boyd 52m
Sub: Julio Arca on (ht) for Tarmo Kink
Confirmed teams
Gary Speed's first selection as Blades boss includes a fit-again Nyron Nosworthy.
Nosworthy replacing Stephen Quinn is the only change to United's starting line-up, which is expected to see a reshuffle.
United also fill the bench for the first time this season. Quinn is amongst the substitutes, along with former Boro player Mark Yeates.
Matt Kilgallon makes his Boro debut following his loan switch from Sunderland.
Boro: Steele, Bates, Wheater, McManus, McDonald, Boyd, Bailey, Kink, Robson, Halliday, Kilgallon. Subs: Hoyte, Lita, Miller, Arca, Coyne, Williams, Taylor.
Blades: Simonsen, Nosworthy, Montgomery, Morgan, Ertl, Britton, Evans, Taylor, Cresswell, Ward, Bartley.
Subs: Bogdanovic, Yeates, Aksalu, Kozluk, Quinn, James, Chapell.
All the big match build up:
Speedo's preview, on BladesPlayer
Team news
Gaffer's preview
Boro - four in focus