Swansea City 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Saturday 6 March 2021
Result
Swansea City 2-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Saturday 6 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Swansea City 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Swansea City defeated Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 March 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
André Ayew opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Swansea City's goals came from André Ayew (40') and André Ayew (90+7', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Samy Morsy (90+1').
Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Swansea City were 4th on 62 points from 32 and Middlesbrough 9th on 50 points from 34. Swansea City went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.
Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to André Ayew of Swansea City (8.4), ahead of Sam Morsy (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Swansea City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Swansea City's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Middlesbrough's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Yannick Bolasie
- 40'Goal · André Ayew
- 40'Yellow card · Neil Warnock
- 47'Yellow card · George Saville
- 64'Yellow card · Ryan Manning
- 71'Yellow card · Marc Guéhi
- 88'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 90+1'Goal · Samy Morsy
- 90+6'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 90+7'Penalty goal · André Ayew
Head-to-head
Team news
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Swansea City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Freddie Woodman, Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guéhi, Connor Roberts, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Ryan Manning, Korey Smith, C. Hourihane, André Ayew
Middlesbrough line-up (3-1-4-2)
Marcus Bettinelli, Dael Fry, Grant Hall, Paddy McNair, Sam Morsy, Anfernee Dijksteel, George Saville, Jonathan Howson, Marc Bola, Yannick Bolasie, Duncan Watmore