Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 17 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough · half-time 0-2

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Middlesbrough 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Riverside Stadium. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Jack Moylan opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Tommy Conway (58') and Will Lankshear (61'). Cardiff City scored through Jack Moylan (22') and Ollie Tanner (45+1').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 2nd on 21 points from 10 and Cardiff City 19th on 10 points from 10. In the current table Middlesbrough are 2nd on 28 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tommy Conway of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Nathan Trott (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Brian Barry-MurphyCardiff City
  • 22'Goal · Jack MoylanCardiff City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Joel BaganCardiff City
  • 45+1'Goal · Ollie TannerCardiff City · 0-2
  • 58'Goal · Tommy ConwayMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Will LankshearMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 83'Red card · Gabriel OshoCardiff City
  • 88'Yellow card · Jack MoylanCardiff City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Middlesbrough138413017+1328WWDWW
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL

Full Championship table

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 6, draws 3, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (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 line-up (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

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