Downing had one assist, two shots and three key passes in Saturday's 2-1 loss to Palace.

Crosses are Downing's game and he had one Saturday that met the forward of a leaping Daniel Ayala for a goal. The jury is still out on most of Boro's attack, so best hold off on starting Downing next week in a tough matchup at Everton.

Downing swung in five crosses and provided an assist in Monday's 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday.

The 31-year-old came through with another influential performance for the league leaders, helping Middlesbrough remain two points ahead of Derby County. Downing now has three goals and four assissts to his name through 22 league matches, and he should once again play a pivotal role in Saturday's important match versus the aforementioned Rams.

Downing is expected to have a medical at Middlesbrough ahead of a move to the club from West Ham, the BBC reports.

Downing is being viewed as excess at West Ham this season and will return to his hometown club in the Championship. There was talk that he could have moved to Sunderland, but returning home is apparently enough to leave the Premier League.

Downing had a very productive second season at West Ham, totaling six goals and a career-high eight assists in 37 league appearances.

The 30-year-old's involvement in 14 goals tied a career-high, as he benefited from the presence of new attacking additions Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia. After a 12th-place finish, Downing is likely to remain with the club, where he will hope to build on last season's success.

Downing took three shots, with one on goal, and sent in 10 crosses during Saturday's 1-0 win over Sunderland.

Downing has solid cumulative totals of five goals and eight assists in 29 Premier League appearances this season, but he's struggled of late, scoring just once goal and picking up two assists in 2015. The Hammers have been unable to maintain their spot for European contention, and they'll need Downing to pick it up quickly if they want to make a run of it.

Downing crossed the ball 11 times and notably ceded a breakaway to opponent Lazar Markovic after a failed back pass to keeper Adrian in Saturday's 2-0 loss to Liverpool.

Manager Sam Allardyce chose to play Kevin Nolan in the central role behind Andy Carroll and pushed Downing out wide. It was a head-scratching tactical move as Downing has flourished in that role all season.

Downing scored his fifth goal of the season and added four key passes while completing four dribbles, five crosses, and three additional off-target shots in West Ham’s 3-0 victory over Hull City on Sunday.

Downing showed great speed and composure to collect and finish a brilliant through ball from Alex Song. As has been the case for most of the season, Downing was once again the fulcrum of West Ham’s attack. West Ham returns to Premier League action in two weeks for a pivotal match against Liverpool.