Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Championship (England)

2026/2027

Middlesbrough

Conway58'

Lankshear61'

-FT

Oct 17, 2026

Riverside Stadium

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Tommy Conway

Middlesbrough

Goals

8.1

89'Substitution

J. Sarmiento· In

Neto Borges· Out

Middlesbrough

88'Yellow Card

Jack Moylan

Cardiff City

83'Red Card

Gabriel Osho

Cardiff City

79'Substitution

Isaak Davies· In

Ollie Tanner· Out

Cardiff City

79'Substitution

Myles Peart-Harris· In

Riley McGree· Out

Middlesbrough

74'Substitution

Max Arfsten· In

Amario Cozier-Duberry· Out

Middlesbrough

73'Substitution

Calum Scanlon· In

Ronan Kpakio· Out

Cardiff City

63'Substitution

Will Fish· In

Chris Willock· Out

Cardiff City

Goal!

2-2

Will Lankshear

61'·Middlesbrough

⚽

Goal!

1-2

Tommy Conway

58'·Middlesbrough

⚽

46'Substitution

Sebastian Berhalter· In

Luke Ayling· Out

Middlesbrough

46'Substitution

Will Lankshear· In

Kyle Joseph· Out

Middlesbrough

46'Substitution

David Turnbull· In

Joel Colwill· Out

Cardiff City

Goal!

0-2

Ollie Tanner

45'+1·Cardiff City

⚽

25'Yellow Card

Joel Bagan

Cardiff City

Goal!

0-1

Jack Moylan

22'·Cardiff City

⚽

19'Yellow Card

Brian Barry-Murphy

Cardiff City

Statistics of the Game

Middlesbrough

Cardiff City

57%Ball Possession43%

36Shots Total7

12Shots On Target3

11Corners4

9Fouls10

0Yellow Cards2

3Offsides4

1Saves8

492Passes380

11Shots Off Target3

105Attacks99

72Dangerous Attacks32

23Shots Inside Box5

13Shots Outside Box2

2Goals2

10Free Kicks9

13Shots Blocked1

5Substitutions4

20Tackles17

2Assists2

410Accurate Passes307

0Red Cards1

27Total Crosses8

7Accurate Crosses2

5Interceptions11

53Duels Won43

4Big Chances Created3

3Big Chances Missed3

Middlesbrough

Manager: Kim Hellberg

Starting XI

6.3

7.9

6.6

6.5

7.2

6.8

6.8

Amario Cozier-Duberry

7.7

Riley McGree

6.6

Tommy Conway

8.1

Kyle Joseph

6.6

Substitutes

7.9

7.0

6.4

6.3

Manager: Brian Barry-Murphy

Starting XI

8.0

6.5

7.4

6.8

6.2

7.3

7.8

6.9

6.6

6.2

7.2

Substitutes

Will Fish

7.1

David Turnbull

6.6

Calum Scanlon

6.6

Harry Tyrer

Rob Tankiewicz

Isaak Davies

6.4

Paul Ujobolo Moreno

Charlie Holt

Troy Perrett

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Tommy Conway MF	8.1	90'	1	0	2/3	37(79%)	1	6/11
Callum Brittain DF	7.9	90'	0	1	0/1	55(76%)	3	6/7
Sebastian Berhalter MF	7.9	45'	0	0	2/3	24(92%)	4	5/6
Amario Cozier-Duberry MF	7.7	74'	0	1	3/8	26(89%)	2	4/8
Neto Borges DF	7.2	89'	0	0	0/5	39(82%)	2	5/9
Will Lankshear FW	7.0	45'	1	0	1/3	6(83%)	-	1/2
Adilson Malanda MF	6.8	90'	0	0	0/2	88(79%)	2	7/13
Aidan Morris MF	6.8	90'	0	0	2/5	59(90%)	1	2/7
Riley McGree MF	6.6	79'	0	0	-	29(86%)	2	4/9
Luke Ayling DF	6.6	45'	0	0	-	35(86%)	2	4/4
Kyle Joseph FW	6.6	45'	0	0	2/3	6(71%)	1	4/11
Ashley Phillips DF	6.5	90'	0	0	0/1	52(96%)	-	4/5
Myles Peart-Harris MF	6.4	11'	0	0	-	3(100%)	-	0/2
Max Arfsten DF	6.3	16'	0	0	0/1	9(67%)	-	0/1
Radek Vitek GK	6.3	90'	0	0	-	23(70%)	-	1/1
J. Sarmiento FW	-	1'	0	0	0/1	1(100%)	-	-

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Middlesbrough	15	W2	5	0	5	1	11/15	12-9
Cardiff City	15	W1	1	0	3	15	7/15	10-6

Middlesbrough — last 5 games

W4-3 vs Norwich City2026-09-12
D2-2 vs Millwall2026-09-15
D2-2 @ Birmingham City2026-09-19
W1-0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers2026-10-10
W3-2 @ Stoke City2026-10-13

Cardiff City — last 5 games

D1-1 vs Stoke City2026-09-08
L0-1 @ Bolton Wanderers2026-09-12
W3-1 vs Charlton Athletic2026-09-19
L1-2 @ Blackburn Rovers2026-10-10
W5-1 vs Watford2026-10-13

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Middlesbrough	15	3.47	80%	73%	53%	73%	20%	7%
Cardiff City	15	3.8	93%	73%	53%	87%	0%	13%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Middlesbrough	Home	8	5	2	1	17-13	2.13	75%	25%
Cardiff City	Away	6	1	1	4	10-10	0.67	67%	0%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Middlesbrough	15	10-9	18-15	64%	73%	6-5-4
Cardiff City	15	16-13	19-9	54%	93%	6-2-7

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 26
Period covered: 2009-12-13 – 2025-01-04
Middlesbrough wins: 13
Draws: 3
Cardiff City wins: 10
Avg goals per meeting: 2.35
Over 2.5 goals: 35%
Both teams scored: 42%
Home side won: 42%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 4W 1D 0L (Middlesbrough view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3 vs 2.35

Most recent meetings (5 of 26)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-01-04	Middlesbrough	1-1	Cardiff City
2024-08-31	Cardiff City	0-2	Middlesbrough
2024-04-27	Cardiff City	1-4	Middlesbrough
2023-10-03	Middlesbrough	2-0	Cardiff City
2023-02-11	Cardiff City	1-3	Middlesbrough

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 120 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Middlesbrough	2	10	21	6	WDDWW	3	-1
Cardiff City	19	10	10	1	DLWLW	11	+8

Table context

Points gap: 11 ptsMiddlesbrough 21 · Cardiff City 10
Positions: #2 vs #19
Goals per game: 2/1.4 vs 1.6/1.5scored/conceded per game · league average 1.46

How we calculate this

Championship Standings

Championship · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	MiddlesbroughH	13	8	4	1	+13	28	WDWLW
2	Swansea City	13	8	2	3	+7	26	DWWDW
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	7	3	3	+7	24	DLWWD
···
15	Norwich City	13	5	0	8	-1	15	WLWLL
16	Lincoln City	13	4	3	6	-9	15	DDWLL
17	Cardiff CityA	13	3	5	5	-1	14	LLDDD
18	Wrexham	13	3	5	5	-4	14	DWLDD
19	Bolton Wanderers	13	4	2	7	-8	14	LLLDW
···
24	Preston North End	13	1	2	10	-17	5	WLLLL

9 / 24Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Championship

Middlesbrough12 matches

Cardiff City

12 matches

7Wins3

4Draws5

1Losses4

27Goals19

2.25Goals per game1.58

17Goals conceded17

1.42Goals per game conceded1.42

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (12 vs 12 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityMiddlesbrough 49% · X · Draw 22% · Cardiff City 29%

1 · Home Win

49%

X · Draw

22%

2 · Away Win

29%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.84 vs 1.36

Projected Total: 3.20

Over 1.5 Goals

83%

Over 2.5 Goals

62%

Over 3.5 Goals

40%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

63%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

26% / 16%

Middlesbrough / Cardiff City

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(10.2%)2 - 1(9.4%)1 - 0(7.5%)

Recent matches

vs Wolverhampton Wanderers

All Middlesbrough fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 26 matches

Won 50%

(13/26)

Draw 12%

(3/26)

Won 38%

(10/26)

Goals

36-25

Total matches

Recent matches (5/26)

Championship•Jan 4, 2025

Middlesbrough

1-1

Cardiff City

Championship•Aug 31, 2024

Cardiff City

0-2

Middlesbrough

Championship•Apr 27, 2024

Cardiff City

1-4

Middlesbrough

Championship•Oct 3, 2023

Middlesbrough

2-0

Cardiff City

Championship•Feb 11, 2023

Cardiff City

1-3

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City — Head to Head

Last 26 matches

Middlesbrough wins

Draws

Cardiff City wins

Goals Scored

36 - 25

Jan 4, 2025 • Championship

Middlesbrough

1-1

Cardiff City

Aug 31, 2024 • Championship

Cardiff City

0-2

Middlesbrough

Apr 27, 2024 • Championship

Cardiff City

1-4

Middlesbrough

Matchday 11 — Championship

Match summary

Middlesbrough and Cardiff City drew 2-2 in the Championship (England), Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Middlesbrough sat 2nd on 21 points, while Cardiff City were 19th on 10 points. Before kickoff, Cardiff City were 19th in the table but 11th on points from the last five league games. Across 26 previous meetings on record, Middlesbrough won 13 and Cardiff City won 10, with 3 draws (2.35 goals per game).

Goals came from Tommy Conway (58') and Will Lankshear (61') for Middlesbrough and Jack Moylan (22') and Ollie Tanner (45') for Cardiff City.

More details:

Middlesbrough — live results and schedule Cardiff City — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City H2H, Form & Key Stats

Championship Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/26)

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City — Head to Head

Last 26 matches

Matchday 11 — Championship

Match summary