Joe Hugill opened the scoring in only the third minute, in rather scrappy fashion, and it proved to be the only goal of the first half.
Boro competed well and looked to get on top at the start of the second half, only for the Reds to fire a quickfire brace to virtually seal the three points.
Hugill grabbed his second with a low finish under Oliver Swann, at the end of a wonderful team move which included a slick one-two between Iestyn Hughes and Dillon Hoogewerf. Charlie Wellens then added a third following another fine build-up with Zidane Iqbal, Alvaro Fernandez and Alejandro Garnacho helping to tee up the midfielder.