Boro 0 Villa 3
Three goals in 13 minutes for rampant Villa.
16.55: Final whistle at the Riverside and a good away victory for Villa.
16.41: Southgate brings on Rochemback for Cattermole. He will need to be the miracle worker to end all miracle workers to save Boro.
16.35: Easy street for Villa as they see this one out. More pressure on Boro boss Southgate, could his old club have put him out of a job?
16.21: Boro "already looked a beaten side" before the third went in according to Mr Madeley in the North East.
16.19: No doubts now surely. Agbonlahor - the league's highest scoring English player puts Villa three up. What is it about the Riverside that produces Claret and Blue goals.
Carson claims an assist as Boro's defence make a meal of his clearance and Agbonlahor outmuscles Woodgate before firing in off the post and Schwarzer.
16.17: Good stuff from the visitors now as they dominate proceeding. Looking like two away wins out of two.
16.09: Olof Mellberg puts Villa 2-0 up at the Riverside. Scramble as Cattermole makes a hash of clearing a corner and the Swede pounces. Reward for an attacking start from Villa after the interval.
16.05: Back in action at Boro can Villa cement their advantage?
15.45: Villa take the lead through John Carew to give Martin O'Neill something to cheer about at half-time. Gareth Barry created it down the left and Carew finished from six yards. Shocking defending.
15.37: Ashley Young is Villa's brightest spark but he can't force a goal as Boro continue to have slightly the upper hand.
15.31: Poor is the word used by our man at the Riverside Steve Madeley to describe the game and Villa's efforts so far.
15.25: Better from Carson, who saves well from Pogatetz. The keeper is having to put up with boos from the Boro fans.
15.18: Nigel Reo Coker goes into the book for a late tackle. Guarantees in life? Death, taxes and now you can add a booking for Reo Coker.
15.14: Gabby Agbonlahor misses Villa's first chance slicing wide from close range. Villa fans do you expect the three points today? Any score predictions?
15.08: Bright start from the hosts it sounds like another nightmare for Carson. He allows Stewart Downing's shot to squirm under his body and just past the post. The scars don't look like healing at the moment.
Lee Cattermole then goes close from the resulting corner but Villa survive.
15.03: Boro force an early corner but Olof Mellberg rises to clear.
15.02: nervous start from Scott Carson - his first touch since Wembley's disaster is a sliced clearance which Wilfred Bouma has to tidy up.
15.00: The match is underway as former Villa captain Gareth Southgate tackles his former club.
14.16: Villa are unchanged from the team which clinched derby glory over Blues. Our man at the match Steve Madeley confirms it's a cold one 6C on the car temperature gauge as he pulled up at the Riverside.
Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Petrov, Reo Coker, Barry, Young, Agbonlahor, Carew.
Subs: Moore, Taylor, Davies, Maloney, Gardner.
14.00: It's absolutely freezing inside the Riverside, which is cold even on the brightest summer's day. Is there a worse ground to visit in the Premier League, I don't think so.
All the talk surrounds the Villa boss today following MON deciding to rule himself out of the England running. Will that give the Villa players a boost today.
They have a fantastic record in this fixture with 5-2 and 4-0 wins in recent seasons. Who can forget the fan throwing his season ticket at Steve McClaren as another Villa goal went in two years ago.
