Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff City: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 February 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

S. Morrison opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Paddy McNair (82'). Cardiff City scored through S. Morrison (37').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 9th on 46 points from 32 and Cardiff City 7th on 49 points from 32. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paddy McNair of Middlesbrough (8.0), ahead of Sean Morrison (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Cardiff City's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Will VaulksCardiff City
  • 37'Goal · S. MorrisonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City
  • 59'Yellow card · P. NgCardiff City
  • 82'Goal · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 1, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)

Marcus Bettinelli, Anfernee Dijksteel, Grant Hall, Dael Fry, Marc Bola, Marcus Tavernier, Paddy McNair, Jonathan Howson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Duncan Watmore, Britt Assombalonga

Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Joe Bennett, Harry Wilson, Josh Murphy, Kieffer Moore