Brighton & Hove Albion leapfrogged Middlesbrough into the Division 2 promotion play-off places with a 3-0 win at Heritage Park.
Viktor Gyokeres opened the scoring on nine minutes, from Henrik Rorvik Bjordal's pass.
Bjordal scored himself on 29 minutes, before Ben Barclay added a third with a header on 55 minutes.
The home side were reduced to 10 men on 79 minutes after Tom Brewitt's red card for a late challenge on Aaron Connolly.
Boro drop to fifth, the final promotion play-off spot, on 30 points, with four matches to play.
Brighton have played a match more in rising from sixth to third on 31 points, stretching their unbeaten run to nine matches.
See: Boro report | Brighton report
Next fixtures
Boro: 21 Mar v Liverpool (H) PL Cup
Brighton: 17 Mar v Everton (H) PL Cup
