Check out our preview as City are in Carabao Cup third-round action.

Kick-off: Tuesday, September 26 (7.45pm)

Venue: Valley Parade

Possible line-ups

BRADFORD CITY GK Harry Lewis, RB Brad Halliday, CH Matty Platt, CH Sam Stubbs, LB Liam Ridehalgh, CM Kevin McDonald, CM Alex Gilliead, RW Clarke Oduor, AM Jamie Walker, LW Rayhaan Tulloch, F Andy Cook.

Substitutes: Afoka, Oyegoke, Smith, Smallwood, Osadebe, Pointon, Tomkinson, Pattison, Doyle.

Team news: Alex Pattison could make the nine-man bench but Lewis Richards is out after suffering a groin strain in training.

Leading scorer: Andy Cook, Alex Pattison, three.

League position: 11th

Last four matches: Newport (a) W4-1, Harrogate (h) D1-1, Grimsby (h) D1-1, Mansfield (a) D0-0.

MIDDLESBROUGH

GK Tom Glover, RB Tommy Smith, CH Dael Fry, CH Darragh Lenihan, LB Lewis O’Brien, CM Dan Barlaser, CM Jonny Howson, RW Isaiah Jones, AM Hayden Hackney, LW Rily McGree, CF Josh Coburn.

Substitutes: Latte Lath, van den Berg,  Silvera, Rogers, Engel, McNair, Payero, Greenwood, Dieng.

Team news: Matt Crooks is suspended after yellow cards in both previous rounds while on-loan Leeds midfielder Sam Greenwood is cup-tied. Defender Rav van den Berg is also a major doubt after coming off against Southampton.

Leading scorer: Riley McGree, three.

League position: 22nd in Championship.

Last four matches: Southampton (h) W2-1, Sheffield Wednesday (a) D1-1, Blackburn (a) L1-2, QPR (h) L0-2.

One to watch: Lewis O'Brien could make a Valley Parade return - he is currently on loan at Boro from Nottingham Forest.

Referee: Tom Nield, from Wakefield, is a senior nurse in the NHS. He was last at Valley Parade in October 2021 against Hartlepool.

Match odds: City 10/3, Middlesbrough 13/20, Draw 14/5.

Last time sides met: Andy Cook scored a hat-trick in the 3-3 draw in pre-season in July.