KIERAN Trippier comes straight back into the Burnley side for this afternoon's Championship clash with Middlesbrough at the Riverside.

The right back missed last weekend's FA Cup third round game at Norwich through a one-match suspension.

Central defender Michael Duff also returns following a hamstring injury.

His inclusion in the back four means Ben Mee returns to the left back position, while Brian Easton drops back to the bench.

Goalkeeper Brian Jensen is named in the squad for the first time since suffering a groin injury in September.

Midfielder Marvin Bartley and strikers Charlie Austin and Sam Vokes, in what is the last game of his current deal, make up the rest of the substitutes' bench.

Middlesbrough signed Lukas Jutkiewicz from Coventry City this morning, in time for him to be named among their substitutes.

Goalkeeper Connor Ripley makes his first Championship start following injury to Jason Steele.

MIDDLESBROUGH: Connor Ripley; Justin Hoyte, Matthew Bates, Rhys Williams, Joe Bennett; Faris Haroun, Kevin Thomson, Richard Smallwood, Julio Arca; Scott McDonald, Marvin Emnes.

Subs: Merouane Zemmama, Stephen McManus, Malaury Martin, Tony McMahon, Lukas Jutkiewicz.

BURNLEY: Lee Grant; Kieran Trippier, Michael Duff, David Edgar, Ben Mee; Ross Wallace, Dean Marney, Chris McCann, Junior Stanislas; Martin Paterson, Jay Rodriguez.

Subs: Brian Jensen, Sam Vokes, Marvin Bartley, Charlie Austin, Brian Easton.