Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City Match Review

September 12, 2022 Sports Match

After spending the weekend away, Middlesbrough will make their return to the Championship on Tuesday night when Cardiff City comes to the Riverside Stadium.

The two clubs have had plenty of time to heal from their previous endeavors in the second division after the death of Queen Elizabeth II forced games throughout the country to be postponed.

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Team	Bet365	Betway	1xbet
Middlesbrough	1.65	1.73	1.72
Cardiff City	5.50	5.00	5.05

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City Tips and Prediction

Middlesbrough supporters were waiting impatiently for their team’s first win of the season before two victories, the most recent of which came in the Tees-Wear derby, arrived in quick succession.

Riley McGree’s goal helped Chris Wilder’s team earn a hard-earned 1-0 victory over playoff-chasing Sunderland last weekend. After going winless in their first five second-tier games this season, they now have two wins in their last three.

The Boro manager joked that some of his players were “unintelligent” after the game when he revealed his golf scorecard theory to the media, but his unconventional tactics have helped his team move up to 17th in the standings after their second victory of the year.

Middlesbrough, despite being ranked lower than Cardiff, has yet to lose a league game at the Riverside this season. They now aim to string together a trio of victories at home, which seems doable against a Cardiff team dreading another away day.

Last month, a shot-shy Cardiff attack didn’t worry West Bromwich Albion or Bristol City, and the Bluebirds failed to score on the road once more during a 2-0 loss to Millwall last weekend.

Charlie Cresswell and Benik Afobe both came off the bench to make the net ripple and extend Cardiff’s winless run in the second tier to five games. Millwall did need to call in the cavalry to finish the job after a scoreless first half.

Steve Morison’s team still has plenty of time to turn things around, but after eight games, the Bluebirds are in 22^nd place in the standings and have only scored a meager four goals, earning them the unwelcome distinction of having the weakest offensive in the league.

It has been nearly seven years since Cardiff last went four straight away games without scoring. Morison’s team has failed to score in four of their last five Championship matches, including each of their last three on the road.

In July 2020, Neil Harris led Cardiff to a 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough’s stadium, but the hosts previously defeated their opponents twice by scores of 2-0, so a similar result here is not out of the question considering the absence of threat from the visitors in the final third.

Conclusion

It has been nearly seven years since Cardiff last went four straight away games without scoring. Morison’s team has failed to score in four of their last five Championship matches, including each of their last three on the road.

In July 2020, Neil Harris led Cardiff to a 3-1 victory at Middlesbrough’s stadium, but the hosts previously defeated their opponents twice by scores of 2-0, so a similar result here is not out of the question considering the absence of threat from the visitors in the final third.