Middlesbrough 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 3 October 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 3 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Middlesbrough beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 3 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Isaiah Jones opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Isaiah Jones (56') and Emmanuel Latte Lath (84'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 21st on 8 points from 9 and Cardiff City 6th on 16 points from 9. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaiah Jones of Middlesbrough (8.1), level with Dimitrios Goutas (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Karlan GrantCardiff City
  • 36'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 56'Goal · Isaiah JonesMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodMiddlesbrough
  • 80'Yellow card · Dimitris GoutasCardiff City
  • 84'Goal · Emmanuel Latte LathMiddlesbrough · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 2, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Seny Dieng, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Lukas Engel, Dan Barlaser, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Sam Greenwood, Riley McGree, Josh Coburn

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Jak Alnwick, Ebou Adams, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Perry Ng, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Ollie Tanner, Kion Etete, Karlan Grant