Middlesbrough 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Middlesbrough 3-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 23 February 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough beat Cardiff City 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 23 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Fábio opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from an own goal by Matthew Connolly (25'), G. Ramírez (63') and David Nugent (83'). Cardiff City scored through Fábio (20').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 3rd on 58 points from 30 and Cardiff City 7th on 49 points from 32. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

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