Cardiff City 1-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023

Result

Cardiff City 1-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Cardiff City · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 1-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Cardiff City lost to Middlesbrough 1-3 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Marcus Forss opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Sory Kaba (25'). Middlesbrough scored through Marcus Forss (17'), Cameron Archer (38') and Riley McGree (90').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 29 points from 30 and Middlesbrough 3rd on 48 points from 30. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Robinson of Cardiff City (8.0), level with Cameron Archer (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Sory KabaCardiff City · 1-1
  • 38'Goal · Cameron ArcherMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Darragh LenihanMiddlesbrough
  • 78'Yellow card · Cameron ArcherMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Goal · Riley McGreeMiddlesbrough · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 2, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Callum O'Dowda, Jaden Philogene, R. Sawyers, Joe Ralls, Sheyi Ojo, Sory Kaba, Callum Robinson

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Paddy McNair, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Riley McGree, Cameron Archer