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                                                                                    Crystal Palace
                                                                                    Darren Ambrose (65 mins)
                                                                                    1-0
                                                                                    Middlesbrough

                                                                                    The Coca-Cola Football League Championship , Nov 7, 2009
                                                                                    Ground: Selhurst Park , Kickoff: 14:00 , Att 15,321

                                                                                    Team news

                                                                                    Warnock to avoid McCarthy risk Crystal Palace will be without Paddy McCarthy for the home game against Middlesbrough.

                                                                                    The Irish centre-half has missed the last two matches after damaging the shoulder he had surgery on back in January.

                                                                                    McCarthy will eventually require another operation but has this week been given the all-clear to keep playing as the problem will not get any worse.

                                                                                    But boss Neil Warnock will not risk him on Saturday so Jose Fonte and Claude Davis will continue at the back.

                                                                                    Up front, Freddie Sears is pushing to start after impressing as a half-time substitute at QPR on Tuesday on his return from a groin injury.

                                                                                    Calvin Andrew (knee) is still out while Warnock has allowed young left-back Lee Hills and back-up goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan to join Oldham on loan.

                                                                                    Loan signing Isaiah Osbourne could make his Middlesbrough debut.

                                                                                    The 21-year-old Aston Villa midfielder trained with his new team-mates for the first time on Thursday and should be involved as manager Gordon Strachan looks for his first victory at the helm.

                                                                                    Striker Marcus Bent, who made his debut as a substitute in the 1-0 home defeat by Plymouth last weekend after sealing his own loan move from Birmingham, will also hope for a place in the starting line-up.

                                                                                    Andrew Taylor, who played in the reserves in midweek along with Chris Riggott, is closing in on a return from ankle ligament damage, although the latter is still some way away from first-team contention after ankle surgery.

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                                                                                    Strachan search goes on Gordon Strachan is still looking for his first points, and first goal, in charge of Middlesbrough after Darren Ambrose snatched a 1-0 victory for Crystal Palace.

                                                                                    Former Celtic boss manager, who took over from Gareth Southgate a fortnight ago, saw his new side fire blanks as they crashed to a second straight defeat.

                                                                                    Strachan handed full debuts to loanees Marcus Bent and Isaiah Osbourne in a bid to pep up the Boro attack.

                                                                                    But Bent and strike partner Leroy Lita fluffed their lines in front of goal as the Teessiders slipped further off the promotion pace.

                                                                                    And Ambrose showed the visitors how it should be done when he applied the finishing touch to a sweeping Palace counter-attack midway through the second half.

                                                                                    The midfielder now has 10 goals to his name since arriving on a free transfer from Charlton, surely one of the bargains of the summer.

                                                                                    He nearly opened the scoring in the second minute with a curling free-kick which flew inches wide.

                                                                                    Boro almost took the lead after quarter of an hour when Lita's deflected shot forced a sharp save from Julian Speroni.

                                                                                    Bent was guilty of a shocking miss five minutes later, Adam Johnson cutting the ball back to the on-loan Birmingham striker who was right in front of goal but shanked his effort horribly wide.

                                                                                    Palace were faring little better, however, with Alan Lee heading narrowly wide and Johnny Ertl firing over the crossbar.

                                                                                    The lively Freddie Sears should have got a clear run on goal just before half-time but was halted by a deliberate handball from Osbourne, who escaped with a yellow card.

                                                                                    Strachan had his head in his hands after the interval when a swift Boro break left lone Palace defender Danny Butterfield outnumbered four to one.

                                                                                    But Lita inexplicably opted not to square the ball as his three unmarked team-mates pleaded for a pass, and having been forced wide by Butterfield shot harmlessly across goal.

                                                                                    And Boro were made to pay in the 65th minute when Palace broke the deadlock in style.

                                                                                    From the visitors' corner, Shaun Derry Alan Lee who surged forward and swung in a diagonal cross which Neil Danns nodded on to Ambrose for a simple sidefooted finish.

                                                                                    Team Line-ups

                                                                                    Crystal PalaceRating
                                                                                    Player rating out of ten Player name Substitution Did they score? Player's disciplinary record Rating
                                                                                    1 Julian Speroni
                                                                                    20 Danny Butterfield
                                                                                    6 Jose Fonte
                                                                                    24 Claude Davis
                                                                                    3 Clint Hill
                                                                                    8 Neil Danns(sub 80)
                                                                                    22 Johannes Ertl
                                                                                    4 Shaun Derry
                                                                                    7 Darren Ambrose Goal
                                                                                    16 Freddie Sears(sub 88)
                                                                                    19 Alan Lee
                                                                                    Substitutes
                                                                                    2 Nathaniel Clyne
                                                                                    9 Stern John
                                                                                    10 Nick Carle(sub 80)
                                                                                    11 Victor Moses
                                                                                    14 Sean Scannell
                                                                                    21 Kieran Djilali
                                                                                    33 Alassane N'Diaye(sub 88)
                                                                                    MiddlesbroughRating
                                                                                    Player rating out of ten Player name Did they score? Player's disciplinary record Substitution Rating
                                                                                    1 Brad Jones
                                                                                    2 Justin Hoyte(sub 68)
                                                                                    12 Sean St. Ledger
                                                                                    31 David Wheater
                                                                                    23 Jonathan Grounds
                                                                                    16 Gary O'Neil
                                                                                    25 Rhys Williams
                                                                                    34 Isaiah Osbourne
                                                                                    18 Adam Johnson
                                                                                    9 Leroy Lita(sub 76)
                                                                                    19 Marcus Bent
                                                                                    Substitutes
                                                                                    21 Danny Coyne
                                                                                    7 Mark Yeates
                                                                                    11 Marvin Emnes
                                                                                    20 Julio Arca(sub 68)
                                                                                    27 Joe Bennett
                                                                                    28 Jonathan Franks(sub 76)
                                                                                    29 Tony McMahon

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