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Boro vs Cardiff: match report

Middlesbrough hosted Cardiff City at Riverside Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 11). Tom Nield is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Boro 2-2 Cardiff. Goals: Jack Moylan 22' for Cardiff; Ollie Tanner 45'+1' for Cardiff; Tommy Conway 58' for Boro; Will Lankshear 61' for Boro. Attendance: 28,991.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 22' Goal: Jack Moylan (Cardiff) 0-1
  • 25' Yellow card: Joel Bagan (Cardiff)
  • 45'+1' Goal: Ollie Tanner (Cardiff) 0-2
  • 58' Goal: Tommy Conway (Boro) 1-2
  • 61' Goal: Will Lankshear (Boro) 2-2
  • 83' Red card: Gabriel Osho (Cardiff)
  • 88' Yellow card: Jack Moylan (Cardiff)
Match stats (contains the result)
56.8%Possession43.2%
36Shots7
12Shots on target3
11Corners4
9Fouls10
3Offsides4
1Saves8
0Yellow cards2
0Red cards1

Line-ups

Boro 4-2-3-1

Coach: Kim Hellberg

  1. 1 Radek Vítek GK
  2. 2 Callum Brittain DEF
  3. 12 Luke Ayling DEF
  4. 4 Ashley Phillips DEF
  5. 30 Neto Borges DEF
  6. 10 Aidan Morris MID
  7. 29 Adilson Malanda MID
  8. 11 Amario Cozier-Duberry FWD
  9. 8 Riley McGree MID
  10. 9 Tommy Conway FWD
  11. 22 Kyle Joseph FWD

Bench

  • 6 Sebastian Berhalter MID
  • 7 Will Lankshear FWD
  • 17 Max Arfsten DEF
  • 14 Myles Peart-Harris MID
  • 16 Jeremy Sarmiento FWD
  • 31 Solomon Brynn GK
  • 3 Sam Byram DEF
  • 19 Leo Castledine MID
  • 18 Connor Barron MID

Cardiff 4-1-4-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  3. 5 Krystian Bielik DEF
  4. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  5. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  8. 27 Joel Colwill MID
  9. 45 Cian Ashford MID
  10. 16 Chris Willock FWD
  11. 8 Jack Moylan FWD

Bench

  • 14 David Turnbull MID
  • 2 William Fish DEF
  • 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  • 39 Isaak Davies FWD
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 50 Charlie Holt MID
  • 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID
  • 52 Troy Perrett MID
  • 43 Paul Moreno MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 4 January 2025: Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 31 August 2024: Cardiff City 0-2 Middlesbrough
  • Saturday 27 April 2024: Cardiff City 1-4 Middlesbrough
  • Tuesday 3 October 2023: Middlesbrough 2-0 Cardiff City
  • Tuesday 13 September 2022: Middlesbrough 2-3 Cardiff City