Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cardiff City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Cardiff City lost to Middlesbrough 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Andraz Sporar opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Cardiff City did not score. Middlesbrough scored through Andraz Sporar (35', penalty) and M. Payero (74').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 22nd on 11 points from 13 and Middlesbrough 10th on 18 points from 13. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sol Bamba of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Andraz Sporar (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Marlon PackCardiff City
  • 34'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City
  • 35'Penalty goal · Andraz SporarMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Uche IkpeazuMiddlesbrough
  • 70'Yellow card · Aden FlintCardiff City
  • 74'Goal · M. PayeroMiddlesbrough · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Perry Ng, Aden Flint, Mark McGuinness, Ciaron Brown, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Ryan Giles, Rubin Colwill, Mark Harris, James Collins

Middlesbrough line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Lumley, Paddy McNair, Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Matt Crooks, Onel Hernández, Martín Payero, Uche Ikpeazu, Andraz Sporar