Cardiff City have rested after their 0-2-fixture versus Millwall and are ready to meet Middlesbrough. Get all the knowledge!
- Middlesbrough have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cardiff City have yet to win a game away.
Middlesbrough and Cardiff City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Middlesbrough have to build on here at Riverside Stadium in the Championship. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Riverside Stadium.
A nice win for Middlesbrough last time playing, versus Sunderland. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with McGree scoring for the victors. Roberts, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.61 out of 10 in that game. Roberts topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Middlesbrough lost 1-2 at Watford's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Middlesbrough's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Middlesbrough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Riverside Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches.
Cardiff City form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Cardiff City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cardiff City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Millwall (placed 14th). Nkounkou, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.34. Nkounkou hit one key pass and won 9 of 16 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Luton Town.Goals are few and far between in Cardiff's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. As for defending, Cardiff City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus Cardiff City.Top Goalscorers
  M. Crooks 2 goals | R. McGree 2 goals |  C. Akpom 2 goals |
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Cardiff City missing players
| Middlesbrough | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 6 | 5.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 10.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 9.1 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.5 | 10.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.1 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cardiff City have yet to win a game away.
- Middlesbrough have not yet lost a game at home.
- Middlesbrough have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Middlesbrough have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff City.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Reading | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Burnley | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Watford | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Hull City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | Millwall | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 22 | Cardiff City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
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