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Middlesbrough vs Cardiff

Middlesbrough
3 - 1
Cardiff
🕒 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Riverside Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Trevor Kettle 🔁 Regular Season - 33 🏁 match finished
Season
2015-2016 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 33
Regular Season Table
Middlesbrough 2 · Cardiff 8
Referee Stats
Trevor Kettle
5 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 40%
Draws 40%
Away wins 20%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (15-15).
  • Possession was balanced (50%-50%).
  • Middlesbrough had the sharper finishing (9-5 shots on target).

Team Overview

Middlesbrough (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 16-5-2

Goals For / Against

34 / 8
Avg: 1.48 / 0.35

Points

53
Avg: 2.30

Clean Sheets

15

Failed to Score

5
Cardiff (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 5-8-10

Goals For / Against

23 / 31
Avg: 1.00 / 1.35

Points

23
Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

5

Failed to Score

9

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.30
PPG
1.00
1.48
GF
1.00
0.35
GA
1.35
35%
O2.5
48%
26%
BTTS
57%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Middlesbrough rank2nd
Cardiff rank8th
Middlesbrough points89
Cardiff points68
Middlesbrough: #2 · 89 pts · GD +32
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 24 pts above the play-off edge. 40 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Cardiff: #8 · 68 pts · GD +5
21 pts off the top 2. 3 pts above the play-off edge. 19 pts clear of the relegation zone.
21-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Middlesbrough last 5 home

D D W W W
Points11/15
Weighted index60
Goals7-2
Record3-2-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Cardiff last 5 away

L L L D D
Points2/15
Weighted index7
Goals3-8
Record0-2-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Middlesbrough trend breakdown

Over 2.535%
BTTS26%
BTTS + O2.517%
1H Over 0.552%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 52% · Over 3.5 9% · 1H BTTS 0%

Cardiff trend breakdown

Over 2.548%
BTTS57%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.543%
Also: Over 0.5 83% · Over 1.5 74% · Over 3.5 22% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Middlesbrough score at home78%
Middlesbrough clean sheet at home65%
Cardiff score away61%
Cardiff clean sheet away22%

First-goal patterns

Middlesbrough score first0%
Middlesbrough win after scoring first0%
Cardiff score first0%
Cardiff win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Middlesbrough 0% · Cardiff 0%

Vs league average

Middlesbrough score at home1.48 vs 1.35
Middlesbrough concede at home0.35 vs 1.07
Cardiff score away1.00 vs 1.07
Cardiff concede away1.35 vs 1.35
Middlesbrough score 9% above league average, while Cardiff score 6% below league average.
Defensive side: Middlesbrough are 67% below league average at home, and Cardiff are level with league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals3.00
BTTS60%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 2.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Middlesbrough goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Cardiff goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
9
5
Total Shots
15
15
Shots off Goal
6
6
Blocked Shots
0
4
Shots Inside Box
13
8
Shots Outside Box
3
7
Ball Possession
50%
50%
Corner Kicks
4
5
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Yellow Cards
—
—
Red Cards
0
0
Goalkeeper Saves
4
6
Total Passes
471
458
Passes Accurate
337
297
Passes %
72%
65%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games16
Home Wins7
Draws3
Away Wins6
Over 2.5 Goals5 (31.3%)
BTTS8 (50.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games8
Home Wins3
Draws2
Away Wins3
Over 2.5 Goals3 (37.5%)
BTTS5 (62.5%)

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff Head-to-Head History by Season

2024-2025 Season
04 Jan 2025 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 1 - 1 31 Aug 2024 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 0 - 2
2023-2024 Season
27 Apr 2024 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 4 03 Oct 2023 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 2 - 0
2022-2023 Season
11 Feb 2023 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 3 13 Sep 2022 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 2 - 3
2021-2022 Season
27 Apr 2022 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 2 - 0 23 Oct 2021 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 0 - 2
2020-2021 Season
27 Feb 2021 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 1 - 1 24 Oct 2020 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 1
2019-2020 Season
18 Jul 2020 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 1 - 3 21 Sep 2019 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 0
2017-2018 Season
17 Feb 2018 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 0 21 Oct 2017 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 0 - 1
2015-2016 Season
23 Feb 2016 Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 3 - 1 20 Oct 2015 Cardiff vs Middlesbrough 1 - 0