Middlesbrough 2-1 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 August 2022

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Swansea City

Championship · Saturday 27 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Middlesbrough · Swansea City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-1 Swansea City: match report

Middlesbrough won against Swansea City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Riley McGree opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Riley McGree (14') and Matt Crooks (30'). Swansea City scored through Joël Piroe (79', penalty).

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards; Swansea City received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 23rd on 3 points from 5 and Swansea City 20th on 5 points from 5. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Swansea City 10th with 66.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 3-5-2 and Swansea City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Crooks of Middlesbrough (8.3), ahead of Ryan Giles (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 4 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Alex MowattMiddlesbrough
  • 30'Goal · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 78'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanMiddlesbrough
  • 79'Penalty goal · Joël PiroeSwansea City · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Nathan WoodSwansea City
  • 84'Yellow card · L. RobertsMiddlesbrough
  • 87'Yellow card · I. JonesMiddlesbrough
  • 88'Second yellow · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 88'Second yellow · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oliver CooperSwansea City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 3, Swansea City 4.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Liam Roberts, Paddy McNair, Darragh Lenihan, Matt Clarke, Isaiah Jones, Matt Crooks, Jonathan Howson, Alex Mowatt, Ryan Giles, Riley McGree, Duncan Watmore

Swansea City line-up (4-3-3)

Andy Fisher, Kyle Naughton, Nathan Wood, Ben Cabango, Ryan Manning, Cameron Congreve, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes, Joël Piroe, Michael Obafemi, Olivier Ntcham