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Cardiff City vs Middlesbrough
31 Aug 2024, 12:30 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
David WebbChampionship 2024/2025 · 27 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
MiddlesbroughJesper Daland
Yellowcard
39′- ⇄
Dimitrios Goutas
Substitution
Off: Jesper Daland
43′ - ⇄
Ollie Tanner
Substitution
Off: Yakou Méïté
46′ - 55′⚽
Matt Clarke 0-1
Goal · Header
With: Finn Azaz
Header
- ⇄
Rubin Colwill
Substitution
Off: Alex Robertson
62′ - ⇄
Anwar El Ghazi
Substitution
Off: Chris Willock
62′ - 70′⇄
Alex Gilbert
Substitution
Off: Tommy Conway
- 70′⇄
Emmanuel Latte Lath
Substitution
Off: Delano Burgzorg
- ⇄
Callum Robinson
Substitution
Off: Wilfried Kanga
73′ - 82′⚽
Aaron James Ramsey 0-2
Own Goal
Own Goal
- 90′⇄
Micah Hamilton
Substitution
Off: Finn Azaz
- 90′⇄
Nathan Simpson
Substitution
Off: Isaiah Jones
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.60 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 43 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.70 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 7.30 | |
| 62 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 7.20 | |
| 45 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 62 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 73 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.60 | |
| 28 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6.40 | |
| 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.40 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 45 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.60 | |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Cardiff City
Latest: Sunderland · 0–2
Match stats
10 Aug 2024, 12:30 · Home vs Sunderland · 2024/2025
Middlesbrough
Latest: Derby County · 0–1
Match stats
17 Aug 2024, 12:30 · Away vs Derby County · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Middlesbrough’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Cardiff City
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Middlesbrough
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cardiff City
Middlesbrough
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Middlesbrough
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Cardiff City
Middlesbrough
Previous meetings
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