Middlesbrough winger Boudewijn Zenden should figure against former club Chelsea in tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash at the Riverside.
Zenden, who fractured his wrist charging down a free-kick in last week’s 1-0 defeat at Everton, has a light cast on his left arm, but is likely to play.
Boro boss Steve McClaren, though, will again be without calf injury victims Gaizka Mendieta and Ugo Ehiogu.
Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Queudrue, Southgate, Cooper, Boateng, Zenden, Parlour, Downing, Viduka, Hasselbaink, Job, Nemeth, Downing, Riggott, Graham, Nash.