Tony Mowbray has chosen to rest a few of his first-team regulars for today's FA Cup third-round encounter with Isthmian League outfit Hastings United.
Scott McDonald and Lukas Jutkiewicz are among those starting on the bench, as Ishmael Miller and Luke Williams partner each other in attack.
Marouane Zemmama, Adam Reach, Richard Smallwood and Kevin Thomson make up the midfield quartet.
Meanwhile, the visitors line up with a five-man defence.
Middlesbrough: Steele; Parnaby, Halliday, R Williams, Bailey; Smallwood, Thomson, Zemmama, Reach; Miller, L Williams,
Hastings: O'Brien; Cox, Whitehead, Ray, Jirbandey, Dixon, Vickers; Carey, Crellin; Camara, Goldburg