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Middlesbrough and Brighton set for winner-takes-all £170m showdown
MIDDLESBROUGH and Brighton tomorrow go head-to-head for a place in the Premier League in a winner-takes-all clash billed as the biggest-ever and worth at least £170million.
Middlesbrough ran out 3-0 winners when the sides met in Brighton in December
Aitor Karanka's Teessiders, who are second, will return to the top flight after seven years if they avoid defeat at a 33,000 sell-out Riverside Stadium.
Third-placed Brighton, who are unbeaten in their last 13 games, must win to clinch automatic promotion alongside Champions-elect Burnley as the campaign goes right down to the wire.
Whoever fails to make it must pick themselves up from the massive disappointment to prepare for the lottery of the end-of-season Championship play-offs - where both clubs have tasted defeat in recent seasons.