Middlesbrough 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 July 2020
Result
Middlesbrough 1-3 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 18 July 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Middlesbrough 1-3 Cardiff City: match report
Middlesbrough were beaten by Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 18 July 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
S. Morrison opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Britt Assombalonga (85'). Cardiff City scored through S. Morrison (4'), Josh Murphy (47') and Josh Murphy (81').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 50 points from 44 and Cardiff City 6th on 67 points from 44. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Ralls of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Josh Murphy (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 0 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · George Saville
- 4'Goal · S. Morrison
- 19'Yellow card · George Friend
- 47'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 77'Yellow card · Jonathan Howson
- 81'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 84'Yellow card · S. Morrison
- 85'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 89'Second yellow · Jonathan Howson
- 90'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, George Friend, Marvin Johnson, George Saville, Jonathan Howson, Djed Spence, Patrick Roberts, Marcus Tavernier, Ashley Fletcher
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel