Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Middlesbrough
Form comparisonCardiff City
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Middlesbrough mixed, Cardiff City mixedThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
- 04 Jan 2025Middlesbrough1-1Cardiff
- 31 Aug 2024Cardiff0-2Middlesbrough
- 27 Apr 2024Cardiff1-4Middlesbrough
- 03 Oct 2023Middlesbrough2-0Cardiff
- 11 Feb 2023Cardiff1-3Middlesbrough
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- 15 Sept 2026vsMillwall2-2D
- 12 Sept 2026vsNorwich4-3W
- 08 Sept 2026vsCrystal Palace3-0L
- 05 Sept 2026vsQPR0-1W
- 19 Sept 2026vsCharlton3-1W
- 12 Sept 2026vsBolton1-0L
- 08 Sept 2026vsStoke City1-1D
- 05 Sept 2026vsPortsmouth2-0L
- 02 Sept 2026vsQPR2-1L
Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City: form and season numbers
Middlesbrough take a form score of 6.0 out of 10 into this Championship fixture, against 4.2 for Cardiff City. Middlesbrough have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5, while Cardiff City have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in theirs. Across the season Middlesbrough average 1.9 goals scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Cardiff City 1.4 and 1.6. Middlesbrough have kept a clean sheet in 10% of their matches this season, Cardiff City in 0%. In their last 10 meetings Middlesbrough have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1. Middlesbrough sit 3rd on 15 points, Cardiff City 21st on 7.
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