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Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City
4 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Tom NieldChampionship 2024/2025 · 20 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
MiddlesbroughMin
Cardiff City- ⚽
Emmanuel Latte Lath 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ben Gannon-Doak
Right foot shot
11′ - 21′⚽
Calum Chambers 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 30′
Callum O'Dowda
Yellowcard
Foul
- 65′⇄
Chris Willock
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ollie Tanner
- ⇄
Isaiah Jones
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Delano Burgzorg
67′ Ben Gannon-Doak
Yellowcard
Foul
75′- ⇄
Alex Gilbert
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Finn Azaz
75′ - 76′
Andy Rinomhota
Yellowcard
Foul
- 79′⇄
Joel Bagan
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Cian Ashford
- 79′⇄
Yakou Méïté
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Rubin Colwill
- 80′
Alex Robertson
Yellowcard
Foul
- 83′⇄
Joe Ralls
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alex Robertson
- ⇄
Lukas Engel
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Neto Borges
84′ Dan Barlaser
Yellowcard
Foul
89′
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.99 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.35 | |
| 84 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.02 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 7.28 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 7.34 | |
| 75 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 6.53 | |
| 67 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.69 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.32 | |
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| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.41 | |
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| 23 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.15 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.59 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Middlesbrough
Latest: Burnley · 0–0
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 20:00 · Home vs Burnley · 2024/2025
Cardiff City
Latest: Watford · 2–1
Match stats
29 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Watford · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Middlesbrough’s ground: 12 previous meetings, 6 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Middlesbrough’s home games with Cardiff City’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.
Middlesbrough
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Cardiff City
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Middlesbrough
Cardiff City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Middlesbrough
Cardiff City
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.
Middlesbrough
Cardiff City
Previous meetings
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