Championship (England) WON 2–2
Sat, Oct 17 · 13:30 · Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough Home
VS
Cardiff Away
Middlesbrough vs Cardiff — Championship
Tipster's pick Middlesbrough Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.36 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Middlesbrough Attack Set to Overwhelm Cardiff Defence

Middlesbrough sit second in the table after three wins and two draws in their last five games. At home they average 2.4 goals scored per match while Cardiff concede 1.8 goals per away game this season. Cardiff have kept no clean sheets in their ten league outings and have lost two of their last five. Middlesbrough have scored in all ten of their league matches and found the net at least twice in seven of those. Head-to-head records show Middlesbrough winning six of the last ten meetings between the sides. Cardiff miss Colwill and Chambers who would normally help shore up the back line. The game may hinge on whether Middlesbrough can break down a compact Cardiff midfield early.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
2–2 WON

Our pick “Middlesbrough Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.36 won — final score 2–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Brian Barry-Murphy 19'
  3. Jack Moylan assist Ollie·Tanner 22'
  4. Joel Bagan 25'
  5. will lankshear ↓ Kyle Joseph 45'
  6. Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Luke Ayling 45'
  7. David Turnbull ↓ Joel Colwill 45'
  8. Ollie·Tanner assist Jack Moylan 45+1'
  9. Second half
  10. Tommy Conway assist Callum Brittain 58'
  11. will lankshear assist Amario Cozier-Duberry 61'
  12. William Fish ↓ Christopher Willock 63'
  13. Calum Scanlon ↓ Ronan Kpakio 73'
  14. Max Arfsten ↓ Amario Cozier-Duberry 74'
  15. Myles Peart-Harris ↓ Riley McGree 79'
  16. Isaak Davies ↓ Ollie·Tanner 79'
  17. Gabriel Osho 83'
  18. Jack Moylan 88'
  19. Jeremy Sarmiento ↓ Neto Borges 89'
This season
Middlesbrough Cardiff
Over 2.5 goals 70% 60%
Clean sheet 20% 0%
Failed to score 0% 20%
Scored per game 2.0 1.6
Conceded per game 1.4 1.5
Scored home / away 2.4 / 1.6 2.4 / 0.8

Across 10 and 10 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SWA Swansea 10 7 2 1 23
2 MID Middlesbrough ▲ 10 6 3 1 21
3 WES West Ham 10 5 4 1 19
4 BIR Birmingham 10 4 5 1 17
5 QPR QPR 10 4 5 1 17
6 WOL Wolves 10 5 2 3 17
7 WES West Brom 10 5 2 3 17
8 SOU Southampton 10 6 2 2 16
9 STO Stoke City 10 5 1 4 16
10 BLA Blackburn 10 4 3 3 15
11 MIL Millwall 10 4 2 4 14
12 BRI Bristol City 10 4 2 4 14
13 CHA Charlton 10 3 5 2 14
14 BOL Bolton 10 4 1 5 13
15 SHE Sheffield Utd 10 3 3 4 12
16 POR Portsmouth 9 3 2 4 11
17 WRE Wrexham 10 2 5 3 11
18 LIN Lincoln 10 3 2 5 11
19 CAR Cardiff ▲ 10 2 4 4 10
20 NOR Norwich 10 3 0 7 9
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Middlesbrough WDDWW
W vs Norwich 4–3 Sep 12
D vs Millwall 2–2 Sep 15
D @ Birmingham 2–2 Sep 19
W vs Wolves 1–0 Oct 10
W @ Stoke City 3–2 Oct 13
Cardiff DLWLW
D vs Stoke City 1–1 Sep 8
L @ Bolton 0–1 Sep 12
W vs Charlton 3–1 Sep 19
L @ Blackburn 1–2 Oct 10
W vs Watford 5–1 Oct 13
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Middlesbrough
Scored 2.4 avg
4 2 2 1 3
Conceded 1.8 avg
3 2 2 0 2
Cardiff
Scored 2.0 avg
1 0 3 1 5
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 1 1 2 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
6 Middlesbrough
3 Draws
1 Cardiff
Jan 2025 Middlesbrough 1–1 Cardiff Draw
Aug 2024 Cardiff 0–2 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Apr 2024 Cardiff 1–4 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough
Oct 2023 Middlesbrough 2–0 Cardiff Middlesbrough
Feb 2023 Cardiff 1–3 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1
  • 1 R. Vítek G
  • 2 C. Brittain D
  • 12 L. Ayling D
  • 4 A. Phillips D
  • 30 Neto Borges D
  • 29 A. Malanda M
  • 10 A. Morris M
  • 11 A. Cozier-Duberry M
  • 8 R. McGree M
  • 9 T. Conway M
  • 22 K. Joseph F
Bench J. Sarmiento, M. Peart-Harris, M. Arfsten, C. Barron, S. Berhalter, S. Brynn, S. Byram, Leo Castledine, W. Lankshear

K. Hellberg

Cardiff 4-1-4-1
  • 1 N. Trott G
  • 44 R. Kpakio D
  • 4 G. Osho D
  • 5 K. Bielik D
  • 3 J. Bagan D
  • 18 A. Robertson M
  • 11 O. Tanner M
  • 45 Cian Ashford M
  • 27 J. Colwill M
  • 16 C. Willock M
  • 8 J. Moylan F
Bench W. Fish, P. Moreno, T. Perrett, C. Scanlon, R. Tankiewicz, D. Turnbull, I. Davies, H. Tyrer, Charlie Holt

B. Barry-Murphy

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Middlesbrough
  • OUT A. Jones Calf Injury
  • OUT R. Pukstas Injury
  • OUT D. Strelec Injury
  • OUT A. Jones Calf Injury
  • OUT R. Pukstas Injury
  • OUT D. Strelec Injury
Cardiff
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT R. Colwill Ankle Injury
  • OUT D. Lawlor Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT Y. Salech Inactive
  • OUT C. Chambers Knee Injury
  • OUT R. Colwill Ankle Injury
  • OUT D. Lawlor Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT Y. Salech Inactive