Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019

Result

Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 14 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Swansea City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Swansea City 3-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Swansea City defeated Middlesbrough 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

André Ayew opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Swansea City's goals came from André Ayew (22', penalty), André Ayew (71') and Sam Surridge (73'). Middlesbrough scored through Marcus Tavernier (59').

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

Going into the game Swansea City were 11th on 31 points from 21 and Middlesbrough 20th on 21 points from 21. Swansea City went on to finish that season 6th with 73 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.

Swansea City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to André Ayew of Swansea City (8.7), ahead of Marcus Tavernier (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swansea City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Penalty goal · André AyewSwansea City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · George SavilleMiddlesbrough
  • 48'Yellow card · Ben CabangoSwansea City
  • 52'Yellow card · Marcus BrowneMiddlesbrough
  • 54'Yellow card · Yan DhandaSwansea City
  • 59'Goal · Marcus TavernierMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 63'Red card · Marcus BrowneMiddlesbrough
  • 71'Goal · André AyewSwansea City · 2-1
  • 73'Goal · Sam SurridgeSwansea City · 3-1
  • 77'Red card · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Swansea City 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Connor Roberts, Ben Cabango, Mike van der Hoorn, Jake Bidwell, George Byers, Matt Grimes, Yan Dhanda, André Ayew, Sam Surridge, Bersant Celina

Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Aynsley Pears, Jonathan Howson, Yuki Takahashi, Dael Fry, Hayden Coulson, Paddy McNair, Adam Clayton, George Saville, Marvin Johnson, Ashley Fletcher, Marcus Tavernier