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Match Centre: Cardiff City vs Middlesbrough

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Championship Matchday 26

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Home Cardiff City
16:00 Sat 16 Jan · your time in 77 days 2 h
Away Middlesbrough

Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Player in form

Jack Moylan: 5 goals and 3 assists in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.22

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.2).

Streak

Middlesbrough unbeaten in 7 matches

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.

Last time

Last meeting, 17 October: Middlesbrough – Cardiff City 2:2

Middlesbrough are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.

Streak

Middlesbrough have scored in 7 matches in a row

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 19 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Will Lankshear: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.36

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.4).

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Jack Moylan

Cardiff City · midfielder

6goals 3assists 7.13avg rating

Last match, Birmingham City: rating 7.8.

Will Lankshear

Middlesbrough · forward

11goals 0assists 7.30avg rating

Last match, Bolton Wanderers: 2 goals, rating 8.5.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Cardiff City at home and Middlesbrough away, as in this match.

Head to head

3 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 17 Oct 2026 · Championship Middlesbrough 2:2 Cardiff City Conway 58' · Lankshear 61' · Moylan 22' · Tanner 45+1'

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Cardiff City (4-2-3-1, last: Birmingham City) · Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1, last: Bolton Wanderers).

Official around 15:00, Sat 16 Jan

Cardiff CityMiddlesbrough

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Match sheet

Kick-off
Saturday 16 January, 16:00Your time · in 77 days 2 h
Where to watch
No broadcast listed: USA USA
Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff · show map
Rest
Cardiff City 84 days · Middlesbrough 85 days Both last played: Championship
Table
16. Cardiff City (14 pts) and 1. Middlesbrough (25 pts) Matchday 26 of 46
Venue map · Cardiff City Stadium
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