Kim Hellberg is expected to be appointed as Middlesbrough's new head coach ahead of the Coventry City game.

It’s expected that he’ll be at the Riverside on Tuesday evening for the first-vs-second Championship clash, though it will once again be Adi Viveash taking the Boro team for the game due to limited time for Hellberg to work with his new squad. That’s the current plan provided Boro get the final administrative details over the line in time.

With that in mind, you can be sure that the highly-rated young Swedish coach was somewhere watching on closely as Boro were forced to settle for a frustrating draw at Oxford United on Saturday. In many ways though, it was the perfect match for Hellberg to watch, because it encapsulated exactly what he is inheriting on Teesside.

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