Overview
- Boro won 4-0 at Loftus Road with goals from David Strelec, Alan Browne, Hayden Hackney and an 88th‑minute penalty by Tommy Conway.
- The result keeps Middlesbrough second, four points clear of third-placed Millwall and five behind leaders Coventry with ten matches remaining.
- The emphatic margin delivered a four-goal swing to Boro’s goal difference, leaving them just four worse off than Ipswich.
- Kim Hellberg’s side top the Championship away table on 34 points and sit four shy of the club’s single-season away points record.
- Dael Fry came off after 30 minutes with a suspected hamstring issue, while substitute Tommy Conway set up the third goal and won and converted the fourth.