Negredo double sees off Swansea

Alvaro Negredo scored twice to help Middlesbrough beat fellow strugglers Swansea City 3-0 at the Riverside on Saturday afternoon.

The home side led 2-0 at the break thanks to Negredo’s double, the first a brilliant volley, before the striker then added another from the penalty spot.

Boro wrapped up the points when Marten De Roon side-footed home just before the hour-mark to end a poor recent run of two straight league defeats without scoring.

As a result, Aitor Karanka’s team have moved up to 14th in the table, four points clear of the drop zone, while the Swans are now three points from safety in 19th position.

Middlesbrough made just the one change from the team that lost 3-0 to Liverpool at the Riverside on Wednesday night, with Gaston Ramirez replacing Adama Traore.

Meanwhile, the visitors also made the one alteration from the side that went down 3-1 at West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday evening, with Modou Barrow coming in for Jefferson Montero, and it was they who started the brighter of the two.

Top-scorer Gylfi Sigurdsson had an early shot from just outside the area that Victor Valdes was forced to beat …

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