Match summary
Middlesbrough beat Cardiff 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Isaiah Jones put Middlesbrough ahead in the 56th minute and Emmanuel Latte Lath made it 2-0 in the 84th minute.
The chances backed that up: Middlesbrough created 2.20 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Cardiff's 0.56 from 6.
Before kick-off
Middlesbrough win
52%
Avg odds 1.83
Draw
26%
Avg odds 3.66
Cardiff win
22%
Avg odds 4.29
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.