All the latets from the Riverside as Chris Wilder's Boro take on Cardiff City in tonight's Championship clash.
Robinson plays in behind and O'Dowda runs off the back of McNair who is slow to get back in and O'Dowda finishes cooly. Chance for Boro players to get back to the bench and get some instructions. His low cross just cut out at the front post as Crooks looked to get on the end of it. Crooks sloppy in the middle of the park. Game has to stop for him to receive 'treatment', much to the frustration of Boro fans. Terrible start by Boro rightly getting the treatment it deserves from fans. Cardiff first to every ball and Boro left in their shadows. Wilder runs past the Cardiff dug out to get it and then on his way back squares up to Morison and makes sure he airs his grievances. Howson misplaced two passes and Giles failed to beat the first man with a recent cross. Fry comes across, is beaten, and Ng then finishes low into the bottom corner. Boro didn't ever get started and have been second best in every position on the pitch. That victory over Sunderland was an important one and came on the back of the 2-1 success against Swansea City.
Bluebirds boss Steve Morison will want to see a reaction from his players after they went down 2-0 to his former side Millwall last time out. Boro, on the other ...
But those concerns were put to one side in emphatic style on the stroke of half-time. Appears Morison's yellow card was to do with a disagreement with Wilder on the touchline. Jones gets into the box and weaves his way past a couple of Cardiff defenders but his ball flashes across goal and wide. First Jones slipped Watmore in to finish at Allsop's near post, before Muniz rose highest to power home a header just a few seconds after the restart. Boro were unsurprisingly booed off at half-time, with Chris Wilder using the interval to make a double change in a bid to tip the contest in the hosts' favour. The Boro keeper had to be alert to prevent Cardiff from adding a second around 10 minutes later, getting down well to keep a Harris header out with his legs at the near post. Giles, a former favourite with Bluebirds fans, endured a frustrating time on both flanks for much of the opening half, with Jack Simpson fully justifying his selection with a solid performance in the back three. A classy touch from Robinson allowed the forward to work some space in the middle of the park, before threading a marvellous ball in for O'Dowda, who raced clear to squeeze a low finish past Liam Roberts. There were certainly positives to take from what was a near-perfect first 45 minutes, and City will know that their exploits before the interval will have surely set the standard for future performances. But the standard of the second-half performance will be a big concern to Steve Morison, who could only watch on as goals from substitute Duncan Watmore and Rodrigo Muniz set up an unnecessarily nervous finale. Cardiff City produced a classic Jekyll and Hyde performance to claim their first away win of the season after edging to a 3-2 victory over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Callum O'Dowda, on his return to the starting XI, opened the scoring within the opening few minutes to set the tone on Teesside, before Mark Harris lashed home a well-deserved second.
LIAM ROBERTS continues in goal after Chris Wilder named an unchanged Middlesbrough side for this evening's Championship home game with Cardiff City.
[Boro](http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough) as a free agent earlier this week, is named amongst the substitutes with summer signing Matthew Hoppe dropping out of the matchday squad. With Zack Steffen still unavailable, Roberts retains his place in the starting side for the fourth game in a row. LIAM ROBERTS continues in goal after Chris Wilder named an unchanged Middlesbrough side for this evening's Championship home game with Cardiff City.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship clash between Middlesbrough and Cardiff City at the Riverside Stadium as goals from Callum ...
They (Middlesbrough) got two goals in quick succession, but we made a couple of changes to steady the ship and go and win the game. We try to, and we dominated the game without the ball for long spells. It was always going to be a different game in the second half, they were going to throw caution to the wind, but we were excellent in the first half. There was a nervousness and edginess about us then and it spread right through the stadium. The second one, we intercept a loose pass and it's our turn to play, but the skipper makes a mistake and we're 2-0 down. Ng played a one-two with Rinomhota and, after strolling past Matt Clarke and Dael Fry, the defender stroked a composed finish into the far corner.
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Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City prediction, match preview and betting tips by Jeff on Tuesday, 13 September 2022 - H2H, Stats & Results - Odds: 1.72.
Cardiff has played in five consecutive league games without a victory. In Steve Morison's first full season as Cardiff coach, the team has experienced a worrisome start to the year. Furthermore, Middlesborough is unbeaten in their past four games against Cardiff.
Callum O'Dowda, on his return to the starting XI, opened the scoring within the opening few minutes to set the tone on Teesside, before Mark Harris lashed home ...
But those concerns were put to one side in emphatic style on the stroke of half-time. Appears Morison's yellow card was to do with a disagreement with Wilder on the touchline. Jones gets into the box and weaves his way past a couple of Cardiff defenders but his ball flashes across goal and wide. First Jones slipped Watmore in to finish at Allsop's near post, before Muniz rose highest to power home a header just a few seconds after the restart. Boro were unsurprisingly booed off at half-time, with Chris Wilder using the interval to make a double change in a bid to tip the contest in the hosts' favour. The Boro keeper had to be alert to prevent Cardiff from adding a second around 10 minutes later, getting down well to keep a Harris header out with his legs at the near post. Giles, a former favourite with Bluebirds fans, endured a frustrating time on both flanks for much of the opening half, with Jack Simpson fully justifying his selection with a solid performance in the back three. A classy touch from Robinson allowed the forward to work some space in the middle of the park, before threading a marvellous ball in for O'Dowda, who raced clear to squeeze a low finish past Liam Roberts. There were certainly positives to take from what was a near-perfect first 45 minutes, and City will know that their exploits before the interval will have surely set the standard for future performances. But the standard of the second-half performance will be a big concern to Steve Morison, who could only watch on as goals from substitute Duncan Watmore and Rodrigo Muniz set up an unnecessarily nervous finale. Cardiff City produced a classic Jekyll and Hyde performance to claim their first away win of the season after edging to a 3-2 victory over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Callum O'Dowda, on his return to the starting XI, opened the scoring within the opening few minutes to set the tone on Teesside, before Mark Harris lashed home a well-deserved second.
Middlesbrough once again fell short of expectations on Tuesday night as they lost at home to Cardiff City. The Bluebirds produced a top performance in the ...
That was expected and deserved.โ They went into the clash off of the back of a good win over Sunderland and Chris Wilder looked to see the same team do the job against a Cardiff side that has hardly blitzed the league so far. The Bluebirds produced a top performance in the first-half to race three goals clear and, though Boro managed to claw two back in the second 45, the damage was done.