As things stand, Middlesbrough are ninth in the table after 33 games, but are just five points off a top-six finish as we move closer to the business end of the season.
Speaking ahead of the game, Boro boss Neil Warnock moved to clarify a comment suggesting the recruitment team hadn't seen summer signing Chuba Akpom live in action before signing him.
He revealed: "I think it was taken out of context a bit. We just hadn’t seen him live when he was top of the recruitment list. We agreed that he looked the best bet, but we weren’t able to see him live.
“I just meant that we need to watch players live before we sign them really, and we should be able to do that between now and the end of the summer.
“It wasn’t intended to be a slur on Chuba, it was just an issue that we couldn’t see him live before we bought him.”
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He revealed: "I think it was taken out of context a bit. We just hadn’t seen him live when he was top of the recruitment list. We agreed that he looked the best bet, but we weren’t able to see him live.