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Middlesbrough’s Yorkshire Derby against Leeds United at Elland Road has been selected for live TV coverage by Sky Sports.

The club have also confirmed that the away fixture at Ipswich will also be broadcast live.

The Leeds match was scheduled to kick-off at 3pm on Saturday, September 1, but will now be played on Friday, August 31 (kick-off 7.45pm).

The good news for supporters is, however, that the Ipswich game doesn’t need to be rescheduled.

It remains in the diary for Tuesday, October 2, with a 7.45pm kick-off.

The Ipswich website said: "Town’s Championship fixture at home to Middlesbrough will be shown live on Sky TV.

"Blues drew 2-2 with Boro on the final day of last season, with Freddie Sears and Martyn Waghorn on target for the hosts at Portman Road."

Sky’s decision to select the Leeds and Ipswich matches means Boro will now feature in three live games in the early months of the season.

The home fixture against Tony Pulis’s former club West Brom was moved from August 25 to Friday, August 24 (ko 7.45pm) for coverage by the satellite broadcaster.

Both of Boro’s league matches against Leeds United were broadcast live last season.

The fixture at Elland Road ended 2-1 to the Whites while Middlesbrough gained revenge for that reverse by thumping United 3-0 in a memorable match played on a freezing night in March.

That game only went ahead thanks to the efforts of volunteers who helped clear the Riverside pitch of the snow that had fallen in the days before the game.