Middlesbrough 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 December 2010

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 11 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 December 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Julio Arca of Middlesbrough in the 40th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 23rd on 18 points from 20 and Cardiff City 2nd on 37 points from 20. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 81.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Gábor GyepesCardiff City
  • 40'Penalty goal · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Michael ChopraCardiff City
  • 82'Yellow card · Joe BennettMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Nicky BaileyMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Middlesbrough 0, draws 0, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up

Jason Steele, David Wheater, Tony McMahon, Barry Robson, Nicky Bailey, Mickaël Tavares, Kevin Thomson, Scott McDonald, Matthew Bates, Stephen McManus

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Lee Naylor, Gábor Gyepes, Peter Whittingham, C. Burke, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson, Andy Keogh, Danny Drinkwater