Middlesbrough — Cardiff City 2:2, 17 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 11 Saturday 17 October · 11:30 UTC

Middlesbrough 1th · 25 pts DLWWD

2 : 2 1st half 0:2

Cardiff City 19th · 11 pts WDLWD

Riverside Stadium · referee T. Nield

Match predictionBold

No show from Middlesbrough: under three

83% · Middlesbrough games average 4.4 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Middlesbrough: under three”, and the match finished 2:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Middlesbrough 43% draw 24% Cardiff City 33%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Middlesbrough win, and the match finished 2:2. Fans backed Middlesbrough win — they got it wrong.

fans 32 votes

Middlesbrough 56% draw 16% Cardiff City 28%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

B. Barry-Murphy 19'

J. Moylan assist: O. Tanner 0-1 22'

J. Bagan 25'

O. Tanner assist: J. Moylan 0-2 45+1'

S. Berhalter for L. Ayling 46'

D. Turnbull for J. Colwill 46'

W. Lankshear for K. Joseph 46'

T. Conway assist: C. Brittain 1-2 58'

W. Lankshear assist: A. Cozier-Duberry 2-2 61'

W. Fish for C. Willock 63'

C. Scanlon for R. Kpakio 73'

M. Arfsten for A. Cozier-Duberry 74'

I. Davies for O. Tanner 79'

M. Peart-Harris for R. McGree 79'

G. Osho 83'

J. Moylan 88'

J. Sarmiento for Neto Borges 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Middlesbrough 4-2-3-1 4-1-4-1 Cardiff City

Radek Vitek  
Callum Brittain  12 Luke Ayling  4 Ashley Phillips  30 Neto Borges  
Aidan Morris  29 Adilson Malanda  
Amario Cozier-Duberry  8 Riley McGree  9 Tommy Conway  
Kyle Joseph  

Jack Moylan  
Ollie Tanner  27 Joel Colwill  45 Cian Ashford  16 Chris Willock  
Alex Robertson  
Ronan Kpakio  5 Krystian Bielik  4 Gabriel Osho  3 Joel Bagan  
Nathan Trott  

Middlesbrough bench

18Connor Barron
16Jeremy Sarmiento
19Leo Castledine
17Maximilian Arfsten
14Myles Peart-Harris
3Sam Byram
6Sebastian Berhalter
31Solomon Brynn
7Will Lankshear

Cardiff City bench

23Calum Scanlon
50Charlie Holt
14David Turnbull
30Harry Tyrer
39Isaak Davies
43Paul Moreno
33Rob Tankiewicz
52Troy Perret
2William Fish

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

57%Possession43%

36Shots7

12Shots on target3

11Shots off target3

13Blocked shots1

23Shots inside box5

13Shots outside box2

105Attacks99

72Dangerous attacks32

11Corners4

3Offsides4

9Fouls10

0Yellow cards2

0Red cards1

1Saves8

489Passes378

408Accurate passes307

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Middlesbrough

Cardiff CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Middlesbrough and Cardiff City met on matchday 11 of the Championship on 17 October at Riverside Stadium. Final score — 2:2.

Middlesbrough sit 1th on 25 points after 10 matches (5 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss), 3 matches without conceding. Cardiff City sit 19th on 11 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Middlesbrough last five Cardiff City

DLWWD form WDLWD

10 Matches 9

5 — 4 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 2 — 3

22 — 14 Scored — conceded 20 — 17

1.9 Points per game 1.56

2.2 Goals scored per game 2.22

3 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 2

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Middlesbrough at home: 5 matches, 3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, goals 12—7, 2.2 points per match.

Cardiff City away: 4 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—8, 0.25 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Stoke City	15	9	2	4	24—18	29
2	Middlesbrough	14	8	4	2	30—19	28
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	8	4	3	26—18	28
…
17	Bolton Wanderers	15	5	2	8	20—29	17
18	Cardiff City	14	3	6	5	22—23	15
19	Lincoln City	14	4	3	7	14—24	15

Full Championship table