MIDDLESBROUGH. Middlesbrough beat Swansea City to win 2-1. It was Middlesbrough to strike first with a goal of R. McGree at the 14′. Then M. Crooks scored again for Middlesbrough in the 30′ minute. Eventually, J. Piroe reduced the distance for Swansea City a penalty (79′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Swansea City was vastly better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

B. Cabango received a red card (87′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Swansea City lost the match.

The match was played at the Riverside Stadium stadium in Middlesbrough on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Robert Madley assisted by Daniel Leach and Geoffrey Liddle. The 4th official was Jonathan Hunt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 61% while Middlesbrough was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Middlesbrough was more aggressive with 35 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Middlesbrough won the match​.

Middlesbrough shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Swansea City shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Middlesbrough received 5 yellow cards (A. Mowatt, M. Crooks, D. Lenihan, L. Roberts and I. Jones). Regarding the opposition, Swansea City received 4 yellow cards (B. Cabango, N. Wood, B. Cabango and O. Cooper).

Also, Swansea City didn’t finish the match with 11 players after B. Cabango (Swansea City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (87′).

Standings

After this encounter, Middlesbrough will have 6 points like Luton Town and Wigan Athletic to remain in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Swansea City will stay with 5 points like Birmingham City to remain in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Middlesbrough will play away against Hull City on the 1st of November with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Middlesbrough (4 draws).

Swansea City will play away agasint Preston North End on the 1st of November with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Swansea City (2 draws).

Middlesbrough – Formation

Middlesbrough started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

The manager Chris Wilder decided to play with the following team: Liam Roberts (6.8), Paddy McNair (6.4), Darragh Lenihan (6.8), Matthew Clarke (6.7), Isaiah Jones (6.2), Matt Crooks (7.9), Jonathan Howson (6.8), Alex Mowatt (6.8), Ryan Giles (7.6), Riley McGree (7.1) and Duncan Watmore (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Luke Daniels, Dael Fry, Anfernee Dijksteel, Rodrigo Muniz (6.5), Marcus Forss, Tommy Smith (6.6) and Marc Bola (6.2).

Middlesbrough could not rely on the presence of Muniz Rodrigo (injured).

Substitutions

Middlesbrough made 4 changes: D. Watmore for Muniz Rodrigo (57′), M. Crooks for T. Smith (81′), R. McGree for M. Bola (82′) and R. Giles for D. Fry (90′).

Best player: Matt Crooks​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Middlesbrough was Matt Crooks.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Swansea City – Formation

Swansea City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Russell Martin played with: Andrew Fisher (6.6), Kyle Naughton (6.5), Nathan Wood-Gordon (6.8), Ben Cabango (6.5), Ryan Manning (7.1), Cameron Congreve (5.5), Joe Allen (6.4), Matt Grimes (6.2), Joël Piroe (7.6), Michael Obafemi (6.9) and Olivier Ntcham (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Liam Cullen (7.1), Oliver Cooper (6.4), Jay Fulton, Harry Darling, Matthew Sorinola (6.7), Joshua Thomas and Steven-Andreas Benda.

Substitutions

Swansea City made 3 changes: C. Congreve for M. Sorinola (31′), O. Ntcham for O. Cooper (46′) and J. Allen for L. Cullen (62′).

Best player: Joël Piroe​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Joël Piroe.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 36 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Wigan Athletic – Burnley – 1-5
• Watford – Queens Park Rangers – 2-3
• Sunderland – Norwich City – 0-1
• Rotherham United – Birmingham City – 2-0
• Millwall – Reading – 0-1
• Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 2-1
• Hull City – Coventry City – 3-2
• Huddersfield Town – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
• Cardiff City – Preston North End – 0-0
• Blackpool – Bristol City – 3-3
• Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City – 0-1