Middlesbrough v Burnley: Rocket strike boosts Boro

With defeat at Barnsley marking an inauspicious start to the campaign, there was a heightened sense of expectation back at the Riverside, where last season’s poor displays put paid to any hopes of promotion.

There was no such anxiety for a buoyant Burnley side, however, with Eddie Howe’s men fresh from a convincing opening-day victory over Lancashire rivals Bolton.

The Clarets had looked on course to continue their 100 per cent start to the season when Charlie Austin headed home the opener shortly before the break.

But Nicky Bailey equalised with a screamer from distance a minute later, before Adam Reach lashed in a thunderbolt late in the second half.

Junior Stanislas converted a header to seemingly limit the hosts to a solitary point, but Williams stunned the travelling fans with yet another Boro rocket to grab all three on offer.

Middlesbrough: Steele, Hoyte, Woodgate, Rhys Williams, Friend, Bailey (Smallwood 72), Leadbitter, McEachran, Reach, Ledesma (Zemmama 69), Main (Luke Williams 84). Unused substitutes: Leutwiler,Hines,Halliday,Haroun. Booked: Woodgate.

Burnley: Grant, Trippier, Shackell, Edgar, Mills, McCann, Wallace (Mee 77), Marney, Stanislas, Austin, Vokes (Bartley 59). Unused substitutes: Jensen,Duff,Stock,MacDonald,McCartan.

Referee: C Boyeson (E Yorkshire).