Middlesbrough v Swansea City, 17 December 2016

Score3-0 to Middlesbrough
RefereeNeil Swarbrick
CompetitionPremier League
VenueRiverside Stadium
Attendance28,302

View Middlesbrough v Swansea City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This was Swansea City's first defeat at Middlesbrough since 26 November 1983 in League Division Two at Ayresome Park.

3 Middlesbrough

0 Swansea City

Goals:

Álvaro Negredo 18 G
Álvaro Negredo penalty 29 P
Marten de Roon 58 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Fábio Da Silva
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Forward Álvaro Negredo

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Angel Rangel Defender/Right back
Jordi Amat Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Neil Taylor Defender/Midfielder
Leon Britton Midfielder
Jay Fulton Midfielder
Wayne Routledge Midfielder
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Modou Barrow Forward
Fernando Llorente Forward

Substitutions:

Stewart Downing for Viktor Fischer 12
George Friend for Gastón Ramirez 62
Adama Traoré for Fábio Da Silva 87

Substitutions:

Borja for Modou Barrow 59
Leroy Fer for Leon Britton 70
Jefferson Montero for Wayne Routledge 77

Cards:

Álvaro Negredo 90 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender Bernardo
Defender/Midfielder George Friend
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Grant Leadbitter
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Jordan Rhodes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Jack Cork
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Forward Borja

Comments:

League position: 14th Middlesbrough scored three goals in a Premier League game for the first time since 11 April 2009 in a 3-1 win against Hull City. Boro had failed to score in three of their preceding five Premier League games. Only Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium had now witnessed as few goals so far in this Premier League as the Riverside Stadium (16).

Comments:

League position: 19th Swansea City had now lost five of their last six away games against newly promoted teams in the Premier League (won one). The Swans had now won two of their last 16 games in the Premier League (lost 11). They had now conceded at least three goals in eight of their last 12 games in the Premier League.

3 Middlesbrough

Goals:

Álvaro Negredo 18 G
Álvaro Negredo penalty 29 P
Marten de Roon 58 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Victor Valdés
Defender Antonio Barragán
Defender Ben Gibson
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Fábio Da Silva
Midfielder Adam Clayton
Midfielder Marten de Roon
Midfielder Adam Forshaw
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Fischer
Forward Álvaro Negredo

Substitutions:

Stewart Downing for Viktor Fischer 12
George Friend for Gastón Ramirez 62
Adama Traoré for Fábio Da Silva 87

Cards:

Álvaro Negredo 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Defender Bernardo
Defender/Midfielder George Friend
Midfielder Stewart Downing
Midfielder Grant Leadbitter
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Jordan Rhodes

Comments:

League position: 14th Middlesbrough scored three goals in a Premier League game for the first time since 11 April 2009 in a 3-1 win against Hull City. Boro had failed to score in three of their preceding five Premier League games. Only Southampton's St. Mary's Stadium had now witnessed as few goals so far in this Premier League as the Riverside Stadium (16).

0 Swansea City

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Angel Rangel Defender/Right back
Jordi Amat Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Neil Taylor Defender/Midfielder
Leon Britton Midfielder
Jay Fulton Midfielder
Wayne Routledge Midfielder
Gylfi Sigurdsson Midfielder/Forward
Modou Barrow Forward
Fernando Llorente Forward

Substitutions:

Borja for Modou Barrow 59
Leroy Fer for Leon Britton 70
Jefferson Montero for Wayne Routledge 77

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Jack Cork
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder/Forward Jefferson Montero
Forward Borja

Comments:

League position: 19th Swansea City had now lost five of their last six away games against newly promoted teams in the Premier League (won one). The Swans had now won two of their last 16 games in the Premier League (lost 11). They had now conceded at least three goals in eight of their last 12 games in the Premier League.