Cardiff City are trusting their home crowd to support them to do well in this game against Middlesbrough. Who wins at Cardiff City Stadium?
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cardiff City form and stats
With 1 Championship win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Cardiff City are certainly not brimming with confidence. Problems are piling up for Cardiff City as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of seven games. This streak could be one for the history books.
Stress levels are on the rise for Cardiff's attacking players as they have now played 392 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Morrison was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Cardiff City in their previous match, an away game at Fulham that ended in defeat 0-2. The attacking player Kieffer Moore was named "man of the match" for Cardiff City with the rating of 7.73/10. Moore hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Swansea City.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cardiff have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won two, drawn eight and lost six.
Cardiff have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Middlesbrough form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Middlesbrough so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). Middlesbrough has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The Middlesbrough goalkeeper Joe Lumley is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Middlesbrough go into this game after a win, the home game against Barnsley that ended 2-0. Matt Crooks got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Crooks scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Peterborough United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Middlesbrough, four draws and four defeats.
Middlesbrough are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. 6 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Cardiff City wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Flint 4 goals |   M. Crooks 3 goals |  S. Morrison 2 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Cardiff City | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 85% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 31% |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 12.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 24% | 20% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 28% |
- Cardiff City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cardiff City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Middlesbrough have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Fulham | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Reading | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 22 | Hull City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
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