Taylor back to face Boro

Goalkeeper Maik Taylor will return to the starting line-up for tomorrow’s Premier League trip to Middlesbrough despite the fine display of Richard Kingson in the midweek Carling Cup tie with Hereford.

The Northern Ireland number one ended a six-month exile from the team when he returned for the league win against Derby last weekend.

Bruce has no fresh injury problems and could revert to the side which triumphed 2-1 at Pride Park.

Captain Damien Johnson, Daniel de Ridder, Franck Queudrue and Rafael Schmitz are all still ruled out but have returned to training and could feature after the international break against Bolton.

Provisional squad: Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Parnaby, Kapo, Muamba, Djourou, McSheffrey, Jerome, Forssell, Doyle, Kingson, Sadler, Larsson, O’Connor, Nafti, Danns, Vine.