Middlesbrough FC fixtures: The full rundown of their 2016-17 Premier League schedule
Aitor Karanka's newly-promoted Boro set to push the boundaries after seven years away from football's top table
HEAD coach Aitor Karanka seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to crushing hoodoos.
Last season the Spaniard masterminded victories at Ipswich, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolves and QPR - five fabulous away day successes at long-term bogey grounds.
Now it's time to see if he can weave his magic on the Premier League, where Middlesbrough last played in 2009.
He's need some firepower to go alongside Cristhian Stuani, top scorer last season but with only 11 goals in the promotion-winning side from the Championship.
But Boro are determined to stick around and do the north east proud in the absence of near-neighbours Newcastle.
August
13 Stoke (h)
20 Sunderland (a)
27 West Brom (a)
September
10 Crystal Palace (h)
17 Everton (a)
24 Tottenham (h)
October
1 West Ham (a)
15 Watford (h)
22 Arsenal (a)
29 Bournemouth (h)
November
5 Man City (a)
19 Chelsea (h)
26 Leicester (a)
December
3 Hull (h)
10 Southampton (a)
13 Liverpool (h)
17 Swansea (h)
26 Burnley (a)
31 Man Utd (a)
January
2 Leicester (h)
14 Watford (a)
21 West Ham (h)
31 West Brom (h)
February
4 Tottenham (a)
11 Everton (h)
25 Crystal Palace (a)
March
4 Stoke (a)
11 Sunderland (h)
18 Man Utd (h)
April
1 Swansea (a)
4 Hull (a)
8 Burnley (h)
15 Arsenal (h)
22 Bournemouth (a)
29 Man City (h)
May
6 Chelsea (a)
13 Southampton (h)
21 Liverpool (a)