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.

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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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.

Middlesbrough picked up a second straight win to move back in play-off contention, but they were made to wait for it against Derby County. 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.

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