Queudrue faces nervous wait

Queudrue started the season with a five-game ban

Middlesbrough defender Franck Queudrue could be investigated by the FA after tangling with Southampton striker Kevin Phillips on Saturday.

Phillips was sent off after kicking Queudrue in Saints' 1-0 defeat.

The ex-Sunderland forward faces an automatic three-match suspension for violent conduct.

However, television pictures appear to show that Queudrue trod on the back of Phillips' calf in the run-up to the last-minute incident.

If referee Barry Knight does not mention Queudrue's actions in his report that would leave the FA free to refer the matter to their video advisory panel.

Match report: Southampton 0-1 Middlesbrough

Knight could choose to follow his colleague Steve Bennett's course of action after last month's Community Shield between Arsenal and Manchester United.

Bennett admitted he missed Gunners defender Sol Campbell's retaliatory back-heeled kick at United's Eric Djemba-Djemba.

The referee insisted the warning he gave Djemba-Djemba for the hip-high tackle which provoked Campbell was sufficient punishment for the Cameroon midfielder's part in the incident.

Campbell could be given a three-match suspension when he faces the FA's disciplinary hearing later this month, and Queudrue could face a similar prospect.

An FA spokesman said: "Nothing can happen before we receive the referee's report.

"But the FA are, of course, entitled to look at any incidents they feel are worthy of disciplinary procedure."

There is also chance the FA could study a clash between Southampton's Chris Marsden and Middlesbrough's on-loan Leeds defender Danny Mills in the same match.

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