Both sides head into the game off the back of midweek draws, Boro recovering from going a goal down to draw 1-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion while we were left frustrated following our stalemate at Sunderland.
Karanka knows both teams will be determined to return to winning ways this weekend and is keen for his charges to avoid a repeat of their first-half showing against us in our 2-1 victory at the Riverside back in September.
“It’s a tough game,” he said. “The first half at home against Spurs was one of our worst performances but then (in) the second half we showed we can compete against them.