Cardiff City 0-3 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Monday 2 May 2011
Result
Cardiff City 0-3 Middlesbrough
Championship · Monday 2 May 2011, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-3
Cardiff City 0-3 Middlesbrough: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Middlesbrough 0-3 in the Championship on Monday 2 May 2011. It was 0-3 at half-time.
L. Lita opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City did not score. Middlesbrough scored through L. Lita (3'), B. Robson (13') and Richard Smallwood (21').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 79 points from 44 and Middlesbrough 15th on 56 points from 44. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 81 points, and Middlesbrough 12th with 62.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Middlesbrough's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · L. Lita
- 13'Goal · B. Robson
- 21'Goal · Richard Smallwood
- 25'Yellow card · Justin Hoyte
- 36'Yellow card · Jay Bothroyd
- 38'Yellow card · D. Keinan
- 56'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 57'Yellow card · Kevin Thomson
- 62'Yellow card · M. Emnes
- 67'Yellow card · Rhys Williams
- 80'Yellow card · Jason Steele
- 82'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)
Tom Heaton, Kevin McNaughton, Dekel Keinan, Paul Quinn, Peter Whittingham, Stephen McPhail, C. Burke, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Jlloyd Samuel, Craig Bellamy, Jay Bothroyd
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Stephen McManus, Rhys Williams, Andrew Taylor, Tony McMahon, Kevin Thomson, Barry Robson, Richard Smallwood, Leroy Lita, Marvin Emnes