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Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City · Championship

Middlesbrough drew 2-2 with Cardiff City in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Middlesbrough fixtures and results · Cardiff City fixtures and results · Championship table

Match report

Middlesbrough and Cardiff City met in the Championship at Riverside in Middlesbrough on Saturday, 17 October 2026.

Goalscorers

Middlesbrough: T. Conway 58'; W. Lankshear 61'. Cardiff City: J. Moylan 22'; O. Tanner 45'.

How the match went

Middlesbrough saw more of the ball, 57% of it. Middlesbrough had 36 shots with 12 on target, Cardiff City 7 with 3 on target. There were 15 corners in total, 11 to Middlesbrough and 4 to Cardiff City. Middlesbrough conceded 9 fouls, Cardiff City 10. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (0 for Middlesbrough, 3 for Cardiff City) and 1 red card.

Line-ups

Middlesbrough started in a 4-2-3-1: Radek Vitek, Callum Brittain, Luke Ayling, Ashley Phillips, Neto Borges, Aidan Morris, Adilson Malanda, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Riley McGree, Tommy Conway, Kyle Joseph.

Cardiff City started in a 4-1-4-1: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Krystian Bielik, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Cian Ashford, Chris Willock, Jack Moylan.

More from this competition: Championship fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 22'Goal! Middlesbrough 0-1 Cardiff City. J. Moylan (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  2. 45+1'Goal! Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City. O. Tanner (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by J. Moylan.
  3. 45'Half-time. Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City.
  4. 58'Goal! Middlesbrough 1-2 Cardiff City. T. Conway (Middlesbrough) scores, assisted by C. Brittain.
  5. 61'Goal! Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City. W. Lankshear (Middlesbrough) scores, assisted by A. Cozier-Duberry.
  6. 83'Red card! G. Osho (Cardiff City) is sent off for foul.
  7. 90'Full-time. Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City.
Full commentary (84 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City.
  2. 2'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  3. 3'Attempt missed. O. Tanner (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  4. 3'Attempt saved. T. Conway (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  5. 4'Attempt missed. N. Borges (Middlesbrough), header. xG 0.11.
  6. 4'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  7. 7'Attempt missed. J. Moylan (Cardiff City), header. xG 0.11.
  8. 12'Offside, Middlesbrough.
  9. 13'Attempt blocked. C. Ashford (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  10. 14'Corner, Cardiff City.
  11. 17'Attempt blocked. A. Morris (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  12. 18'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  13. 18'Attempt saved. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  14. 19'Yellow card for B. Barry-Murphy (Cardiff City) for argument.
  15. 19'Attempt missed. N. Borges (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  16. 20'Attempt blocked. K. Joseph (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
  17. 22'Goal! Middlesbrough 0-1 Cardiff City. J. Moylan (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by O. Tanner.
  18. 25'Yellow card for J. Bagan (Cardiff City) for foul.
  19. 27'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  20. 28'Offside, Middlesbrough.
  21. 29'Attempt saved. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  22. 32'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  23. 34'Offside, Cardiff City.
  24. 34'Attempt saved. K. Joseph (Middlesbrough), header. xG 0.10.
  25. 34'Attempt saved. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  26. 36'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  27. 37'Attempt missed. N. Borges (Middlesbrough), header. xG 0.03.
  28. 40'Corner, Cardiff City.
  29. 40'Attempt missed. G. Osho (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.33.
  30. 43'Offside, Cardiff City.
  31. 44'Cleared off the line! K. Joseph (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.36.
  32. 44'Attempt blocked. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  33. 45'Attempt blocked. A. Morris (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  34. 45'1 minute of added time.
  35. 45+1'Goal! Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City. O. Tanner (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by J. Moylan.
  36. 45+2'Attempt blocked. C. Brittain (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  37. 45'Half-time. Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City.
  38. 46'The second half is under way.
  39. 46'Substitution, Cardiff City: D. Turnbull comes on for J. Colwill.
  40. 46'Substitution, Middlesbrough: S. Berhalter comes on for L. Ayling.
  41. 46'Substitution, Middlesbrough: W. Lankshear comes on for K. Joseph.
  42. 47'Corner, Cardiff City.
  43. 48'Corner, Cardiff City.
  44. 48'Offside, Cardiff City.
  45. 51'Attempt missed. A. Cozier-Duberry (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
  46. 52'Attempt missed. T. Conway (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  47. 53'Attempt missed. W. Lankshear (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  48. 55'Cleared off the line! A. Morris (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  49. 55'Attempt saved. A. Morris (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  50. 58'Goal! Middlesbrough 1-2 Cardiff City. T. Conway (Middlesbrough) scores, assisted by C. Brittain.
  51. 61'Goal! Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City. W. Lankshear (Middlesbrough) scores, assisted by A. Cozier-Duberry.
  52. 62'Offside, Cardiff City.
  53. 63'Substitution, Cardiff City: W. T. Fish comes on for C. Willock.
  54. 63'Attempt missed. N. Borges (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  55. 64'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  56. 65'Attempt missed. N. Borges (Middlesbrough), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
  57. 68'Attempt saved. J. Moylan (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  58. 71'Offside, Middlesbrough.
  59. 73'Substitution, Cardiff City: C. Scanlon comes on for R. Kpakio.
  60. 74'Substitution, Middlesbrough: M. Arfsten comes on for A. Cozier-Duberry.
  61. 76'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  62. 76'Attempt missed. A. Phillips (Middlesbrough), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
  63. 77'Attempt blocked. A. Morris (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  64. 77'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  65. 79'Substitution, Middlesbrough: M. Peart-Harris comes on for R. McGree.
  66. 79'Substitution, Cardiff City: I. Davies comes on for O. Tanner.
  67. 80'Attempt blocked. W. Lankshear (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  68. 81'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  69. 81'Attempt saved. S. Berhalter (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  70. 81'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  71. 83'Red card! G. Osho (Cardiff City) is sent off for foul.
  72. 87'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  73. 88'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  74. 88'Attempt saved. S. Berhalter (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  75. 88'Attempt blocked. M. Arfsten (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  76. 88'Yellow card for J. Moylan (Cardiff City) for foul.
  77. 89'Substitution, Middlesbrough: J. Sarmiento comes on for N. Borges.
  78. 90'Attempt missed. S. Berhalter (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
  79. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  80. 90+3'Attempt missed. J. Sarmiento (Middlesbrough), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  81. 90+4'Attempt blocked. A. Malanda (Middlesbrough), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
  82. 90+4'Corner, Middlesbrough.
  83. 90+5'Attempt blocked. A. Malanda (Middlesbrough), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  84. 90'Full-time. Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City.
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