Follow live coverage as Middlesbrough face Derby County in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

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The Riverside will play host to a game with interest at both ends of the table as Derby visit Middlesbrough on Saturday (15:00 GMT). Boro stopped the rot after five straight league defeats with a 3-1 win at Stoke in midweek and are still only four points behind fifth-placed West Bromwich Albion,

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Finn Azaz fired the Boro winner in the 80th minute after a game of patience for Boro in their attempts to break down the Derby low-block. The visitors offered little space for Michael Carrick’s team throughout, but, encouragingly, they found a way.

Derby County were defeated 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium by Middlesbrough in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday afternoon. The game was at a stalemate after a close-fought first half saw neither side significantly troubling the goals.