Middlesbrough 2–0 Cardiff – England Championship, 3 Oct 2023

Match facts

Middlesbrough Cardiff

11 Shots 6

6 Shots on target 3

8 Corners 2

10 Fouls 10

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (108 league matches this season so far).

Result Cardiff to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.69

Expected goals 1.43 – 1.50

Home / Draw / Away

36% 25% 39%

MiddlesbroughDrawCardiff

Under / Over 2.5 goals

44% 56%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

41% 59%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

5% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

17% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.4% 1–2 8.6% 2–1 8.2%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Middlesbrough before this match, all matches

0.89points / match

1.11scored / match

1.89conceded / match

2 2 5

WonDrawnLost 9 played · 10:17

Cardiff before this match, all matches

1.78points / match

1.78scored / match

1.33conceded / match

5 1 3

WonDrawnLost 9 played · 16:12

Middlesbrough all matches all matches Cardiff

Per match

1.11 Goals scored 1.78

1.89 Goals conceded 1.33

3.00 Total goals 3.11

14.67 Shots 10.78

4.67 Shots on target 4.00

12.67 Shots faced 12.89

6.22 Corners 4.44

6.00 Corners against 6.56

9.78 Fouls 9.56

1.22 Yellow cards 1.89

0.44 1st-half goals scored 0.56

0.89 1st-half goals conceded 0.33

How often Full Time

22% Wins 56%

22% Draws 11%

56% Losses 33%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

89% Over 1.5 goals 89%

56% Over 2.5 goals 67%

22% Over 3.5 goals 33%

22% Over 4.5 goals 22%

11% Over 5.5 goals 0%

67% Both teams scored 67%

0% Clean sheets 33%

33% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

11% Wins 22%

33% Draws 67%

56% Losses 11%

78% Over 0.5 goals 56%

33% Over 1.5 goals 33%

22% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough all matches

1

D

1

L

3

L

1

D

2

4

L

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

1

W

3

2

W

Cardiff all matches

3

L

2

D

1

2

L

1

2

L

2

1

W

2

3

L

2

W

3

2

W

1

W

2

W

Middlesbrough before this match, at home

1.00points / match

0.75scored / match

1.25conceded / match

1 1 2

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 3:5

Cardiff before this match, away

1.00points / match

1.50scored / match

1.75conceded / match

1 1 2

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 6:7

Middlesbrough at home away Cardiff

Per match

0.75 Goals scored 1.50

1.25 Goals conceded 1.75

2.00 Total goals 3.25

15.75 Shots 9.25

5.75 Shots on target 3.25

13.50 Shots faced 18.75

7.75 Corners 2.75

6.50 Corners against 7.50

9.50 Fouls 12.00

1.50 Yellow cards 2.50

0.25 1st-half goals scored 1.00

0.50 1st-half goals conceded 0.25

How often Full Time

25% Wins 25%

25% Draws 25%

50% Losses 50%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

75% Over 1.5 goals 75%

25% Over 2.5 goals 75%

0% Over 3.5 goals 50%

0% Over 4.5 goals 25%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

50% Both teams scored 75%

0% Clean sheets 25%

50% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 50%

75% Draws 50%

25% Losses 0%

50% Over 0.5 goals 75%

25% Over 1.5 goals 50%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Middlesbrough at home

1

D

4

W

1

2

L

5

1

W

3

1

W

1

D

1

L

1

D

2

L

2

1

W

Cardiff away

2

L

3

1

W

1

4

L

3

1

W

2

1

W

3

L

2

D

1

2

L

2

3

L

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Middlesbrough all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
30.09.23	Watford – Middlesbrough	2–3 (1–2)	2.45	3.40	2.90	1.93	1.93
23.09.23	Middlesbrough – Southampton	2–1 (1–1)	2.50	3.40	2.80	1.73	2.10
19.09.23	Sheffield Weds – Middlesbrough	1–1 (1–0)	3.30	3.50	2.15	1.90	1.95
16.09.23	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	2.63	3.25	2.75	1.73	2.10
02.09.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	0–2 (0–1)	1.60	4.00	5.50	1.73	2.10
26.08.23	West Brom – Middlesbrough	4–2 (2–1)	2.20	3.50	3.20	1.95	1.90
19.08.23	Middlesbrough – Huddersfield	1–1 (0–0)	1.70	3.90	4.75	1.80	2.00
12.08.23	Coventry – Middlesbrough	3–0 (1–0)	2.38	3.30	3.00	1.98	1.88
05.08.23	Middlesbrough – Millwall	0–1 (0–0)	1.91	3.30	4.33	2.00	1.80
08.05.23	Middlesbrough – Coventry	1–1 (1–1)	2.55	3.60	2.63	1.80	2.00

Cardiff all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
30.09.23	Cardiff – Rotherham	2–0 (0–0)	1.70	3.75	5.25	1.93	1.93
24.09.23	Sunderland – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	1.83	2.03
19.09.23	Cardiff – Coventry	3–2 (1–1)	2.70	3.30	2.63	2.03	1.83
16.09.23	Cardiff – Swansea	2–0 (0–0)	2.55	3.25	2.80	1.95	1.90
02.09.23	Ipswich – Cardiff	3–2 (0–1)	1.62	4.20	5.50	1.73	2.10
26.08.23	Cardiff – Sheffield Weds	2–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.20	3.60	2.10	1.73
19.08.23	Leicester – Cardiff	2–1 (1–1)	1.50	4.33	6.50	1.83	2.03
12.08.23	Cardiff – QPR	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	2.10	1.73
06.08.23	Leeds – Cardiff	2–2 (0–2)	1.40	4.50	8.50	1.67	2.20
08.05.23	Burnley – Cardiff	3–0 (2–0)	1.33	4.75	10.00	1.67	2.20

Middlesbrough at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
23.09.23	Middlesbrough – Southampton	2–1 (1–1)	2.50	3.40	2.80	1.73	2.10
02.09.23	Middlesbrough – QPR	0–2 (0–1)	1.60	4.00	5.50	1.73	2.10
19.08.23	Middlesbrough – Huddersfield	1–1 (0–0)	1.70	3.90	4.75	1.80	2.00
05.08.23	Middlesbrough – Millwall	0–1 (0–0)	1.91	3.30	4.33	2.00	1.80
08.05.23	Middlesbrough – Coventry	1–1 (1–1)	2.55	3.60	2.63	1.80	2.00
19.04.23	Middlesbrough – Hull	3–1 (0–1)	1.45	4.50	6.50	1.67	2.20
14.04.23	Middlesbrough – Norwich	5–1 (4–1)	1.91	3.75	3.80	1.80	2.00
07.04.23	Middlesbrough – Burnley	1–2 (0–1)	2.70	3.40	2.55	2.05	1.80
18.03.23	Middlesbrough – Preston	4–0 (1–0)	1.55	3.80	6.50	2.02	1.83
14.03.23	Middlesbrough – Stoke	1–1 (1–1)	1.70	3.80	5.00	1.90	1.95

Cardiff away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
24.09.23	Sunderland – Cardiff	0–1 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	1.83	2.03
02.09.23	Ipswich – Cardiff	3–2 (0–1)	1.62	4.20	5.50	1.73	2.10
19.08.23	Leicester – Cardiff	2–1 (1–1)	1.50	4.33	6.50	1.83	2.03
06.08.23	Leeds – Cardiff	2–2 (0–2)	1.40	4.50	8.50	1.67	2.20
08.05.23	Burnley – Cardiff	3–0 (2–0)	1.33	4.75	10.00	1.67	2.20
27.04.23	Rotherham – Cardiff	1–2 (1–1)	2.80	3.00	2.70	2.30	1.62
19.04.23	Watford – Cardiff	1–3 (1–3)	1.95	3.40	4.20	2.20	1.67
15.04.23	Sheffield United – Cardiff	4–1 (1–1)	1.55	4.00	6.25	2.02	1.83
07.04.23	Blackpool – Cardiff	1–3 (0–3)	2.80	3.20	2.60	2.30	1.62
11.03.23	Preston – Cardiff	2–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.50	1.53

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

3 1

Middlesbrough winsDrawsCardiff wins

4matches

3.25goals / match

50%over 2.5

50%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
11.02.23E1	Cardiff – Middlesbrough	1–3 (1–2)	3.60	3.40	2.10	2.10	1.73
13.09.22E1	Middlesbrough – Cardiff	2–3 (0–3)	1.70	3.60	5.25	2.10	1.72
27.04.22E1	Middlesbrough – Cardiff	2–0 (1–0)	1.60	4.00	5.50	2.05	1.80
23.10.21E1	Cardiff – Middlesbrough	0–2 (0–1)	2.70	3.20	2.70	2.20	1.66

England Championship table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	9	8	0	1	18	6	+12	24
2	Ipswich	9	7	1	1	18	11	+7	22
3	Preston	9	6	2	1	13	10	+3	20
4	Sunderland	9	5	1	3	18	8	+10	16
5	Hull	9	4	4	1	14	9	+5	16
6	Cardiff	9	5	1	3	16	12	+4	16
7	Norwich	9	5	1	3	19	16	+3	16
8	West Brom	9	3	4	2	16	11	+5	13
9	Leeds	9	3	4	2	14	10	+4	13
10	Southampton	9	4	1	4	15	20	-5	13
11	Bristol City	9	3	3	3	11	10	+1	12
12	Birmingham	9	3	3	3	8	9	-1	12
13	Plymouth	9	3	2	4	17	14	+3	11
14	Coventry	9	2	5	2	15	12	+3	11
15	Millwall	9	3	2	4	7	11	-4	11
16	Stoke	9	3	1	5	11	14	-3	10
17	Huddersfield	9	2	4	3	10	14	-4	10
18	Blackburn	9	3	1	5	13	20	-7	10
19	Swansea	9	2	3	4	13	12	+1	9
20	Watford	9	2	3	4	13	13	0	9
21	Middlesbrough	9	2	2	5	10	17	-7	8
22	QPR	9	2	2	5	8	15	-7	8
23	Rotherham	9	1	2	6	8	19	-11	5
24	Sheffield Weds	9	0	2	7	5	17	-12	2

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	12
2	Norwich	5	4	0	1	8	4	+4	12
3	Preston	5	4	0	1	8	8	0	12
4	Plymouth	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9
5	Ipswich	4	3	0	1	12	9	+3	9
6	Leicester	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
7	Watford	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8
8	Birmingham	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
9	West Brom	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7
10	Hull	5	1	4	0	7	5	+2	7
11	Southampton	5	2	1	2	10	11	-1	7
12	Sunderland	4	2	0	2	8	4	+4	6
13	Coventry	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	6
14	Leeds	4	1	3	0	6	3	+3	6
15	Stoke	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
16	Millwall	5	2	0	3	4	7	-3	6
17	Blackburn	5	2	0	3	7	11	-4	6
18	Swansea	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
19	Bristol City	5	1	2	2	7	7	0	5
20	Rotherham	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
21	Huddersfield	5	1	2	2	5	8	-3	5
22	Middlesbrough	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	4
23	QPR	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
24	Sheffield Weds	5	0	1	4	2	8	-6	1

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	5	5	0	0	13	3	+10	15
2	Ipswich	5	4	1	0	6	2	+4	13
3	Sunderland	5	3	1	1	10	4	+6	10
4	Hull	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	9
5	Preston	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8
6	Leeds	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
7	Bristol City	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
8	QPR	5	2	1	2	5	7	-2	7
9	West Brom	5	1	3	1	8	5	+3	6
10	Southampton	4	2	0	2	5	9	-4	6
11	Coventry	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	5
12	Huddersfield	4	1	2	1	5	6	-1	5
13	Millwall	4	1	2	1	3	4	-1	5
14	Norwich	4	1	1	2	11	12	-1	4
15	Swansea	5	1	1	3	7	8	-1	4
16	Cardiff	4	1	1	2	6	7	-1	4
17	Blackburn	4	1	1	2	6	9	-3	4
18	Stoke	5	1	1	3	5	8	-3	4
19	Birmingham	5	1	1	3	4	7	-3	4
20	Middlesbrough	5	1	1	3	7	12	-5	4
21	Plymouth	5	0	2	3	4	9	-5	2
22	Watford	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1
23	Sheffield Weds	4	0	1	3	3	9	-6	1
24	Rotherham	5	0	0	5	2	13	-11	0

Middlesbrough Cardiff

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Southampton	9	1	8	1.7	2.2	4	1	4	15	20	13
2	18	Blackburn	9	1	8	1.4	2.2	3	1	5	13	20	10
3	4	Sunderland	9	2	7	2.0	0.9	5	1	3	18	8	16
4	13	Plymouth	9	2	7	1.9	1.6	3	2	4	17	14	11
5	6	Cardiff	9	3	6	1.8	1.3	5	1	3	16	12	16
6	7	Norwich	9	3	6	2.1	1.8	5	1	3	19	16	16
7	8	West Brom	9	3	6	1.8	1.2	3	4	2	16	11	13
8	23	Rotherham	9	3	6	0.9	2.1	1	2	6	8	19	5
9	1	Leicester	9	4	5	2.0	0.7	8	0	1	18	6	24
10	3	Preston	9	4	5	1.4	1.1	6	2	1	13	10	20
11	9	Leeds	9	4	5	1.6	1.1	3	4	2	14	10	13
12	14	Coventry	9	4	5	1.7	1.3	2	5	2	15	12	11
13	19	Swansea	9	4	5	1.4	1.3	2	3	4	13	12	9
14	20	Watford	9	4	5	1.4	1.4	2	3	4	13	13	9
15	21	Middlesbrough	9	4	5	1.1	1.9	2	2	5	10	17	8
16	22	QPR	9	4	5	0.9	1.7	2	2	5	8	15	8
17	24	Sheffield Weds	9	4	5	0.6	1.9	0	2	7	5	17	2
18	2	Ipswich	9	5	4	2.0	1.2	7	1	1	18	11	22
19	5	Hull	9	5	4	1.6	1.0	4	4	1	14	9	16
20	15	Millwall	9	5	4	0.8	1.2	3	2	4	7	11	11
21	16	Stoke	9	5	4	1.2	1.6	3	1	5	11	14	10
22	17	Huddersfield	9	5	4	1.1	1.6	2	4	3	10	14	10
23	11	Bristol City	9	6	3	1.2	1.1	3	3	3	11	10	12
24	12	Birmingham	9	7	2	0.9	1.0	3	3	3	8	9	12

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	3	Preston	5	0	5	1.6	1.6	4	0	1	8	8	12
2	18	Blackburn	5	0	5	1.4	2.2	2	0	3	7	11	6
3	10	Southampton	5	1	4	2.0	2.2	2	1	2	10	11	7
4	13	Plymouth	4	0	4	3.2	1.2	3	0	1	13	5	9
5	2	Ipswich	4	1	3	3.0	2.2	3	0	1	12	9	9
6	4	Sunderland	4	1	3	2.0	1.0	2	0	2	8	4	6
7	6	Cardiff	5	2	3	2.0	1.0	4	0	1	10	5	12
8	8	West Brom	4	1	3	2.0	1.5	2	1	1	8	6	7
9	15	Millwall	5	2	3	0.8	1.4	2	0	3	4	7	6
10	20	Watford	6	3	3	1.7	1.0	2	2	2	10	6	8
11	23	Rotherham	4	1	3	1.5	1.5	1	2	1	6	6	5
12	1	Leicester	4	2	2	1.2	0.8	3	0	1	5	3	9
13	7	Norwich	5	3	2	1.6	0.8	4	0	1	8	4	12
14	9	Leeds	4	2	2	1.5	0.8	1	3	0	6	3	6
15	11	Bristol City	5	3	2	1.4	1.4	1	2	2	7	7	5
16	14	Coventry	4	2	2	1.8	1.0	1	3	0	7	4	6
17	16	Stoke	4	2	2	1.5	1.5	2	0	2	6	6	6
18	17	Huddersfield	5	3	2	1.0	1.6	1	2	2	5	8	5
19	19	Swansea	4	2	2	1.5	1.0	1	2	1	6	4	5
20	22	QPR	4	2	2	0.8	2.0	0	1	3	3	8	1
21	24	Sheffield Weds	5	3	2	0.4	1.6	0	1	4	2	8	1
22	5	Hull	5	4	1	1.4	1.0	1	4	0	7	5	7
23	12	Birmingham	4	3	1	1.0	0.5	2	2	0	4	2	8
24	21	Middlesbrough	4	3	1	0.8	1.2	1	1	2	3	5	4

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	4	Sunderland	5	1	4	2.0	0.8	3	1	1	10	4	10
2	7	Norwich	4	0	4	2.8	3.0	1	1	2	11	12	4
3	10	Southampton	4	0	4	1.2	2.2	2	0	2	5	9	6
4	21	Middlesbrough	5	1	4	1.4	2.4	1	1	3	7	12	4
5	1	Leicester	5	2	3	2.6	0.6	5	0	0	13	3	15
6	5	Hull	4	1	3	1.8	1.0	3	0	1	7	4	9
7	6	Cardiff	4	1	3	1.5	1.8	1	1	2	6	7	4
8	8	West Brom	5	2	3	1.6	1.0	1	3	1	8	5	6
9	9	Leeds	5	2	3	1.6	1.4	2	1	2	8	7	7
10	13	Plymouth	5	2	3	0.8	1.8	0	2	3	4	9	2
11	14	Coventry	5	2	3	1.6	1.6	1	2	2	8	8	5
12	18	Blackburn	4	1	3	1.5	2.2	1	1	2	6	9	4
13	19	Swansea	5	2	3	1.4	1.6	1	1	3	7	8	4
14	22	QPR	5	2	3	1.0	1.4	2	1	2	5	7	7
15	23	Rotherham	5	2	3	0.4	2.6	0	0	5	2	13	0
16	24	Sheffield Weds	4	1	3	0.8	2.2	0	1	3	3	9	1
17	16	Stoke	5	3	2	1.0	1.6	1	1	3	5	8	4
18	17	Huddersfield	4	2	2	1.2	1.5	1	2	1	5	6	5
19	20	Watford	3	1	2	1.0	2.3	0	1	2	3	7	1
20	2	Ipswich	5	4	1	1.2	0.4	4	1	0	6	2	13
21	11	Bristol City	4	3	1	1.0	0.8	2	1	1	4	3	7
22	12	Birmingham	5	4	1	0.8	1.4	1	1	3	4	7	4
23	15	Millwall	4	3	1	0.8	1.0	1	2	1	3	4	5
24	3	Preston	4	4	0	1.2	0.5	2	2	0	5	2	8

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.