Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 6 April 2019
Result
Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 6 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Swansea City defeated Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 April 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Matt Grimes opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Matt Grimes (34', penalty), Wayne Routledge (38') and C. Roberts (71'). Middlesbrough scored through George Saville (81').
Discipline: Swansea City received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Swansea City were 15th on 50 points from 38 and Middlesbrough 8th on 58 points from 39. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 73.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bersant Celina of Swansea City (9.1), ahead of Connor Roberts (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Swansea City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Matt Grimes
- 34'Penalty goal · Matt Grimes
- 38'Goal · Wayne Routledge
- 71'Goal · C. Roberts
- 81'Goal · George Saville
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
Head-to-head
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Connor Roberts, Mike van der Hoorn, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kyle Naughton, George Byers, Matt Grimes, Nathan Dyer, Bersant Celina, Daniel James, Wayne Routledge
Middlesbrough line-up (5-4-1)
Darren Randolph, Dael Fry, Yuki Takahashi, Aden Flint, George Friend, George Saville, Stewart Downing, Adam Clayton, John Mikel Obi, Jonathan Howson, Jordan Hugill