Cardiff City 2-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Cardiff City 2-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cardiff City were beaten by Middlesbrough 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Bartholomew Ogbeche opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Ben Turner (23') and A. Gunnarsson (44'). Middlesbrough scored through Bartholomew Ogbeche (15'), S. McDonald (61') and F. Haroun (76').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 38 points from 21 and Middlesbrough 4th on 38 points from 21. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 6th with 75 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-5-1 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 2 for Middlesbrough.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Middlesbrough's W-W-L-D-D.