Cardiff City 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 20 October 2015

Result

Cardiff City 1-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Tuesday 20 October 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Cardiff City defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 October 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal was an own goal by George Friend in the 86th minute, credited to Cardiff City.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 17 points from 11 and Middlesbrough 3rd on 21 points from 11. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 89.

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 4 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Daniel AyalaMiddlesbrough
  • 50'Yellow card · Adam ClaytonMiddlesbrough
  • 65'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCardiff City
  • 86'Own goal · George FriendCardiff City · 1-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 0, Middlesbrough 6.

Team news

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Dimitris Konstantopoulos, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Albert Adomah, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Adam Reach, Patrick Bamford, Kike García, Lee Tomlin