Match Report
| Swansea City | Swansea City |  |  | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||||
| Martyn Hurring | Martyn Hurring | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Aleksi Forsstrom | A. Forsstrom |  | 83 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Joe Grondin | J. Grondin | |||||||||
| Gabriel Colombo | G. Colombo |  | 74 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 73 |  | Mark Dugbatey | M. Dugbatey | |||||||||
| Oluwashegun Ikpeba | O. Ikpeba |  | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 73 |  | Zbigniew Dudek | Z. Dudek | |||||||||
| Florian Hollmer | F. Hollmer |  | 77 | D | | 4 | | D | 71 | | Paul Gascoigne | P. Gascoigne | |||||||||
| James Bridge | J. Bridge | | 73 | M | | 5 | | D | 70 |  | Saul Musacco | S. Musacco | |||||||||
| Elias Tsoukalas | E. Tsoukalas |  | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 77 |  | Rafael Reyes | R. Reyes | |||||||||
| Enrique Diez | E. Diez |  | 56 | M | | 7 | | M | 72 | | Nicky Adams | N. Adams | |||||||||
| Igor Kolyvanov | I. Kolyvanov |  | 78 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 |  | Daniel Costa | D. Costa | |||||||||
| Davor Tomic | D. Tomic |  | 81 | A | | 9 | | A | 78 |  | Tarik Elhamdaoui | T. Elhamdaoui | |||||||||
| Thomas Vera | T. Vera |  | 79 | A | | 10 | | A | 76 | | Jose Tavares | J. Tavares | |||||||||
| Yoet Carrillo | Y. Carrillo |  | 77 | A | | 11 | | A | 72 | | Mark Edusei | M. Edusei | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Liberty Stadium where Swansea City play host to Middlesbrough. A crowd of 18,040 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Swansea City are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Middlesbrough appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Swansea City are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Middlesbrough appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Swansea City kick off the first half!
4.46
0-0Zbigniew Dudek controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Daniel Costa. Daniel Costa chips the ball to his team mate, Jose Tavares. Jose Tavares lofts in a cross ball towards Tarik Elhamdaoui. Tarik Elhamdaoui flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Aleksi Forsstrom.
6.35
0-0Nicky Adams surges forward with the ball. Nicky Adams knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
8.08
Zbigniew Dudek brings the ball forward. Zbigniew Dudek chips the ball to his team mate, Mark Edusei. Mark Edusei knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Gabriel Colombo.
10.01
Zbigniew Dudek knocks the ball to his team mate, Nicky Adams. Nicky Adams kicks a strong pass forward to Tarik Elhamdaoui. Tarik Elhamdaoui knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
12.49
0-0Yoet Carrillo barges into Zbigniew Dudek. Yoet Carrillo is shown the yellow card! Zbigniew Dudek carries on, but is struggling a bit.
14.20
Oluwashegun Ikpeba knocks the ball forward to Enrique Diez. Enrique Diez controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Zbigniew Dudek.
20.44
Elias Tsoukalas makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Thomas Vera. Thomas Vera whips in a cross ball towards Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic powers a header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
22.53
Nicky Adams sees a break and surges forward. Nicky Adams lofts in a cross ball towards Jose Tavares. Jose Tavares directs the ball goalwards with his head but Aleksi Forsstrom is on top of it.
27.57
0-0Swansea City are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
36.56
Rafael Reyes knocks the ball to his team mate, Tarik Elhamdaoui. Tarik Elhamdaoui knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Aleksi Forsstrom who gathers it comfortably.
38.03
1-0Enrique Diez makes a probing pass to Yoet Carrillo. Yoet Carrillo controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic shoots from just inside the box. What a cracker!! Joe Grondin had no chance!! Goal for Swansea City!
45.00
Daniel Costa makes a beautiful solo run. Daniel Costa shoots from outside the area. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Daniel Costa!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Middlesbrough kick off and get the second half underway!
47.52
James Bridge kicks a strong pass forward to Yoet Carrillo. Yoet Carrillo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
48.23
1-1Gabriel Colombo makes a simple pass to Elias Tsoukalas. Elias Tsoukalas makes a probing pass to Thomas Vera. Thomas Vera goes all the way! Thomas Vera makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
53.09
Florian Hollmer makes a simple pass to Elias Tsoukalas. Elias Tsoukalas deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic shoots from long range. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
59.58
Swansea City are easily keeping Middlesbrough at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
66.14
Igor Kolyvanov kicks a strong pass forward to Yoet Carrillo. Yoet Carrillo lofts in a cross ball towards Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.03
Enrique Diez passes the ball forward to Thomas Vera. Thomas Vera lofts in a cross ball towards Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Joe Grondin easily picks it out of the air!
73.50
Igor Kolyvanov takes it forward alone. Igor Kolyvanov knocks in a cross ball towards Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Joe Grondin easily picks it out of the air!
75.19
Enrique Diez makes a probing pass to Davor Tomic. Davor Tomic knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
79.52
2-1Daniel Costa comes in with a late challenge on Elias Tsoukalas. The referee calls over Daniel Costa and warns him to calm down! Elias Tsoukalas runs off the knock.
79.52
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
81.39
Oluwashegun Ikpeba makes a simple pass to Enrique Diez. Enrique Diez passes the ball forward to Thomas Vera. Thomas Vera knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
85.18
Gabriel Colombo controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Enrique Diez. Enrique Diez makes a probing pass to Yoet Carrillo. Yoet Carrillo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
89.20
Paul Gascoigne passes the ball forward to Rafael Reyes. Rafael Reyes decides to run forward with the ball. Rafael Reyes shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
2-1Mark Dugbatey comes in with a late challenge on Yoet Carrillo. Mark Dugbatey is shown the yellow card! Yoet Carrillo stretches but gets up unharmed.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
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Fouls
Yellow Cards
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Possession
Play Area
Scorers
| Davor Tomic 38, 53 | Daniel Costa 45 |