Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the bottom of the table clash between Middlesbrough and Swansea. Too early to label today's match a six-pointer? Well, Boro will go exactly six points ahead of the Swans if they can record only their third home victory of the season.

Premier League / Matchday 17

Riverside Stadium / 17.12.2016

Middlesbrough

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Swansea City

Á. Negredo(18', 29' PEN)
M. de Roon(58')

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ByBen Snowball

Updated 17/12/2016 at 17:00 GMT

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Highlights

End of 2nd Half

FULL-TIME!

Alvaro Negredo’s continues his red-hot form to inspire Middlesbrough to a vital 3-0 victory over fellow strugglers Swansea.

The Spaniard grabbed a first-half double to give Boro a dream start and Maarten De Roon added a third after the break as the hosts moved further away from the relegation zone.

90'+2

A lack of communication from Fabianski and Mawson almost gifts Boro a goal but Forshaw doesn't get his shot away quickly enough.

90'+1

A late yellow card for Negredo - the first time Neil Swarbrick has gone to his pocket all afternoon.

Yellow card

Á. Negredo

Middlesbrough

Goals2

On target3

Yellow Cards1

Fouls5

90'

Three minutes of added on time to be played.

89'

CHANCE! Llorente gets onto the end of a cross but his header, from four or five yards out, is well saved by Valdes!

88'

86'

BORO SUB! Adama Traore replaces Fabio for the final five minutes.

A. Traoré

Middlesbrough

Off

Fábio

Middlesbrough

Fouls3

85'

Total frustration for Sigurdsson and Swansea as he curls an effort over the top of the bar from the edge of the area. Valdes was beaten.

83'

Boro break from the resulting corner as Fabio carries the ball forward, picking out the full-back Friend who ran the length of the pitch to provide support, but it's a disappointing finish as he blazes over the bar.

82'

CHANCE! Gibson makes a vital headed block to deny Fer whose half-volley was goal-bound. I don't think the defender knew anything about it!

80'

The match enters the final 10 minutes. Not much happening to be fair but considering how poor Swansea's defence is - they've now conceded 37 league goals - you wouldn't rule out Boro scoring a fourth.

79'

The resulting set-piece doesn't come to anything as the Swans are, for once, defensively sound.

78'

Downing twists and turns on the edge of the area before curling a deflected shot at goal, forcing the corner.

76'

A couple of hundred away fans have made the 700 mile round trip from Wales for this one. You can only feel sorry for them.

75'

The home supporters are cheering every pass now. Their team is in complete control of possession and happy to run down the clock on a productive afternoon.

73'

Solid defending from Barragan to win the ball from Sigurdsson. The Swans have little over 15 minutes to somehow claw themselves back into this contest.

72'

70'

Britton is replaced by Swansea's joint-top scorer Leroy Fer. Angel Rangel takes over captaincy duties.