One change for Mourinho

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho included new signing Khalid Boulahrouz among the substitutes for tonight’s Barclays Premiership trip to Chelsea.

Mourinho made only one change to the side which started Sunday’s 3-0 win over Manchester City as Claude Makelele returned from injury in place of Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Boro counterpart Gareth Southgate kept faith with the bulk of the team which surrendered a 2-0 lead at Reading to lose 3-2 as Julio Arca and Mark Viduka made way.

Arca, who broke a bone in his foot at the weekend, was replaced by Andrew Taylor, while Andrew Davies came in for Australia striker Viduka as he was named on the bench.