Middlesbrough 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 March 2013

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 2 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 March 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.

Kieron Dyer opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Kieron Dyer (13') and Sammy Ameobi (17'). Cardiff City scored through A. Gunnarsson (67').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 52 points from 34 and Cardiff City 1st on 70 points from 33. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Kieron DyerMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Sammy AmeobiMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Josh McEachranMiddlesbrough
  • 55'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCardiff City
  • 57'Yellow card · B. NugentCardiff City
  • 67'Goal · A. GunnarssonCardiff City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · David MarshallCardiff City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · S. McDonaldMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 0, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Jason Steele, George Friend, Stephen McManus, Sebastian Tony Hines, Grant Leadbitter, Nicky Bailey, Kieron Dyer, Josh McEachran, Scott McDonald, Ishmael Miller, Sammy Ameobi

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, Craig Conway, Aron Gunnarsson, Tommy Smith, Craig Bellamy, Fraizer Campbell