Team News: Neil Kilkenny starts for Bristol City

Neil Kilkenny has been drafted into the Bristol City starting lineup for their Championship game against Middlesbrough at Ashton Gate this afternoon.

The midfielder is one of two changes that the home side have been forced to make, with Steven Davies also being included in the lineup.

Cole Skuse is out on "compassionate grounds", while Paul Anderson has failed to fully recover from a stomach bug that left him out of training towards the end of the week.

Bristol City: Heaton, Moloney, Nyatanga, Fontaine, Cunningham, Kelly, Kilkenny, Elliott, Pearson, Davies, Stead Subs: Gerken, J.Wilson, Bates, Howard, Anderson, Adomah, Baldock.

Middlesbrough:Steele, Williams, Woodgate, McManus, Bailey, Dyer, Smallwood, Friend, Carayol, Emnes, McDonald Subs: Leutwiler, Hines, Halliday, Reach, Ledesma, Main, Miller