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
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.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Kieron Dyer
- 17'Goal · Sammy Ameobi
- 35'Yellow card · Josh McEachran
- 55'Yellow card · A. Gunnarsson
- 57'Yellow card · B. Nugent
- 67'Goal · A. Gunnarsson
- 90'Yellow card · David Marshall
- 90+2'Yellow card · S. McDonald
Head-to-head
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