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 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.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Riley McGree
- 27'Yellow card · Alex Mowatt
- 30'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 45'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
- 74'Yellow card · Ben Cabango
- 78'Yellow card · Darragh Lenihan
- 79'Penalty goal · Joël Piroe
- 80'Yellow card · Nathan Wood
- 84'Yellow card · L. Roberts
- 87'Yellow card · I. Jones
- 88'Second yellow · Ben Cabango
- 88'Second yellow · Ben Cabango
- 90+2'Yellow card · Oliver Cooper
Head-to-head
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