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Cardiff City v Middlesbrough : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

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Middlesbrough, led by manager Michael Carrick, visit Erol Bulut and his Cardiff City side at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the Championship. Below there are predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting statistics including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from leading bookmakers. Access it all via the tabs below.

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Cardiff City's next match is v Rotherham at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May
Middlesbrough's next match is v Watford at 12:30 on Saturday 4th May
The last English Championship meeting between Cardiff and M'Boro was on Saturday 27th April 2024
English Championship
April 27th 2024
Cardiff 1
4 M'Boro
 
J. Bowler 90'45' M. Clarke
49' F. Azaz
56' E. Latte Lath
60' A. Gilbert
 
CAR
MID
Shots On
4
7
Shots Off
8
2
Corners
4
1
Possession
47%
53%
Fouls
7
8
 
CardiffM'Boro
 
E. Horvath
M. Baker Romeo (R. Conte 57')
D. Goutas
N. Phillips
J. Bowlerfootball icon
D. Turnbull
J. Ralls (R. Wintle 68')
C. Ashford
E. Siopis (J. Colwill 57')
F. Diedhiou (C. Robinson 68')
O. Tanner (L. Giles 77')
S. Dieng
football iconM. Clarke
L. Ayling
(A. Dijksteel 74') R. van den Berg
L. Thomas
D. Barlaser
(S. Silvera 61') I. Jones
(L. McCabe 62') J. Howson
football iconF. Azaz
(C. Lennon 74') football iconA. Gilbert
(A. Matthews 83') football iconE. Latte Lath
Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of M'Boro coming away with a win.
Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral Betfred 888Sport
Cardiff
23%
7/2
50%
10/3
35%
--
Draw
25%
14/5
9%
14/5
15%
--
M'Boro
52%
3/4
22%
4/5
10%
--
M'Boro 1-0
12%
7/1
7%
6/1
7%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
8%
6/1
8%
--
M'Boro 2-0
10%
8/1
18%
7/1
16%
--
M'Boro 2-1
10%
15/2
11%
13/2
12%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
11/1
20%
9/1
5%
--
Cardiff 1-0
7%
12/1
44%
10/1
16%
--
Cardiff 2-1
6%
14/1
36%
11/1
9%
--
M'Boro 3-0
5%
14/1
29%
11/1
20%
--
M'Boro 3-1
5%
12/1
32%
10/1
27%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
8%
--
Cardiff 2-0
4%
22/1
53%
16/1
13%
--
M'Boro 3-2
2%
22/1
21%
16/1
19%
--
M'Boro 4-0
2%
28/1
29%
20/1
28%
--
M'Boro 4-1
2%
25/1
37%
20/1
19%
--
Cardiff 3-1
2%
33/1
48%
22/1
10%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
8/11
14%
---
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
11/10
17%
---
Home 1st Goal
42%
7/4
22%
---
Away 1st Goal
53%
1/2
13%
---
No 1st Goal
5%
11/1
20%
---
BTTS - Yes
50%
8/11
4%
8/11
1%
--
BTTS - No
50%
1/1
5%
1/1--
BTTS - Home Win
11%
7/1
33%
6/1
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/418/5
2%
--
BTTS - Away Win
22%
5/2
26%
12/5
15%
--
Home/draw
48%
1/1
23%
1/1
16%
--
Away/draw
77%
2/11
13%
2/9
6%
--
Home/away
75%
1/4
3%
1/4
4%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
2/9
8%
---
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
10/3
27%
---
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
7/4
21%
---
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
4/9
11%
---
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
4/1
29%
---
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/6
6%
---
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/1
27%
---
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/20
2%
---
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/25
2%
---
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
12/1
30%
---
Home DNB
41%
12/5
55%
21/10
29%
--
Away DNB
69%
3/10
20%
1/3
11%
--
Cardiff win to nil
13%
7/1
60%
---
M'Boro win to nil
30%
9/4
13%
---
Cardiff / Cardiff
11%
13/2
50%
11/2
24%
--
Cardiff / M'Boro
4%
20/1
19%
16/1
19%
--
Cardiff / Draw
6%
14/112/1--
Draw / Cardiff
9%
17/2
36%
15/2
13%
--
Draw / M'Boro
18%
15/4
14%
7/2
14%
--
Draw / Draw
15%
5/1
20%
17/4
5%
--
M'Boro / Cardiff
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
10%
--
M'Boro / M'Boro
28%
7/4
27%
7/4
15%
--
M'Boro / Draw
6%
14/112/1--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 1 and won 5. Cardiff have conceded 40 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 8 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 22 games at home, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

M'Boro lay in 9th place on 63 points in the Championship league table having played 44 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 6 and losing 10 games. They have scored 40 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. M'Boro have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

M'Boro have played 22 away games, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Cardiff
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
M'Boro
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
 Leicester45314105097 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-2F
 Ipswich45271263393 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-3A
d
 
2-2F
 Leeds4527993990 
l
 
3-4F
l
 
3-2F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-0A
 Southampton45259112384 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
4-1F
 Norwich452110141673 
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
 West Brom452012132072 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-2A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
 Hull45191313970 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-0A
 M'Boro Away4519917766 
-
-
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2A
 Coventry451713151264 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
 Preston4518918-863 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
 Bristol C45171117662 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-2A
-
-
 Cardiff Home4519521-1462 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-4F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
 Swansea45151218-557 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
 Watford45131715256 
May 4
w
 
2-3F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
 Sunderland4516821056 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
 Millwall45151119-1156 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3A
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
 QPR45141120-1253 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
 Stoke45141120-1553 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
 Blackburn45131121-1650 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
 Sheff Wed4514823-2650 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-1F
 Plymouth45121221-1248 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
3-3F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
 Birmingham45121122-1647 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
 Huddersfield4591818-2745 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
May 4
 Rotherham4541229-5524 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
Win / draw / win form
Cardiff 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
see results
HOME FORM
Cardiff2 - 1Southampton
Cardiff1 - 3Hull
Cardiff0 - 2Sunderland
Cardiff2 - 1Ipswich
Cardiff1 - 0Huddersfield
Cardiff2 - 1Stoke
Cardiff0 - 0Blackburn
Cardiff0 - 2Preston
Cardiff0 - 3Leeds
Cardiff0 - 2Leicester
Cardiff2 - 2Plymouth
Cardiff0 - 1Birmingham
Cardiff1 - 0Millwall
Cardiff0 - 1West Brom
Cardiff2 - 3Norwich
Cardiff2 - 0Bristol C
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
Cardiff2 - 0Rotherham
Cardiff3 - 2Coventry
Cardiff2 - 0Swansea
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
1
Lost
10
see results
OVERALL FORM
HCardiff2 - 1Southampton
ACardiff1 - 3Millwall
ACardiff1 - 0Birmingham
HCardiff1 - 3Hull
ACardiff2 - 1Coventry
HCardiff0 - 2Sunderland
ACardiff0 - 2Swansea
HCardiff2 - 1Ipswich
HCardiff1 - 0Huddersfield
ACardiff1 - 0Bristol C
HCardiff2 - 1Stoke
HCardiff0 - 0Blackburn
ACardiff1 - 4Norwich
ACardiff0 - 2West Brom
HCardiff0 - 2Preston
ACardiff1 - 0Watford
ACardiff1 - 3Plymouth
HCardiff0 - 3Leeds
ACardiff2 - 1QPR
HCardiff0 - 2Leicester
M'Boro 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
see results
AWAY FORM
Ipswich1 - 1M'Boro
Hull2 - 2M'Boro
Southampton1 - 1M'Boro
Birmingham0 - 1M'Boro
QPR0 - 2M'Boro
Stoke2 - 0M'Boro
Leicester1 - 2M'Boro
Preston2 - 1M'Boro
Millwall1 - 3M'Boro
Huddersfield1 - 2M'Boro
Rotherham1 - 0M'Boro
Swansea1 - 2M'Boro
Leeds3 - 2M'Boro
Bristol C3 - 2M'Boro
Plymouth3 - 3M'Boro
Norwich1 - 2M'Boro
Sunderland0 - 4M'Boro
Watford2 - 3M'Boro
Sheff Wed1 - 1M'Boro
Blackburn2 - 1M'Boro
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
see results
OVERALL FORM
HM'Boro3 - 4Leeds
AM'Boro1 - 1Ipswich
AM'Boro2 - 2Hull
HM'Boro2 - 0Swansea
HM'Boro2 - 0Sheff Wed
AM'Boro1 - 1Southampton
HM'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
AM'Boro1 - 0Birmingham
AM'Boro2 - 0QPR
HM'Boro3 - 1Norwich
AM'Boro0 - 2Stoke
HM'Boro0 - 2Plymouth
AM'Boro2 - 1Leicester
AM'Boro1 - 2Preston
HM'Boro1 - 2Bristol C
HM'Boro1 - 1Sunderland
HM'Boro1 - 1Rotherham
AM'Boro3 - 1Millwall
HM'Boro1 - 3Coventry
AM'Boro2 - 1Huddersfield
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cardiff since 2010
Cardiff
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
9
13
Games: Scored
8 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
3 / 11
CAR
5
D
1
MID
5
see results
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
1 - 3M'Boro
0 - 2M'Boro
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff1 - 0
Cardiff1 - 0
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1M'Boro
Cardiff1 - 0
2 - 3M'Boro
0 - 3M'Boro
Cardiff1 - 0
All league games since 2009
Cardiff
M'Boro
Goals: Scored
23
29
Games: Scored
17 / 23
15 / 23
Clean sheets
8 / 23
6 / 23
CAR
10
D
2
MID
11
see results
FIXTURE HISTORY
M'Boro2 - 0
1 - 3M'Boro
2 - 3Cardiff
M'Boro2 - 0
0 - 2M'Boro
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Cardiff
Cardiff1 - 0
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1Cardiff
M'Boro3 - 1
Cardiff1 - 0
M'Boro2 - 1
0 - 1M'Boro
M'Boro2 - 1
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 2Cardiff
2 - 3M'Boro
0 - 3M'Boro
M'Boro1 - 0
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1Cardiff
Goal Statistics

Middlesbrough have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Championship games. Their PG of 1.6 against Cardiff City on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Cardiff 12th M'Boro 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Cardiff scoring 1 goal or less
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that M'Boro will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Cardiff’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+22
M'Boro have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Statistics Championship - 2023/2024 Season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/260063/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
M'Boro
1
1.6
Attack rating
CAR
MID
20%
better
view stats
Games scored31
36
Failed to score14
9
Scored first19
24
Goals scored51
68
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate14%
16%
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
CAR
MID
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded33
34
Clean sheets12
11
Conceded first24
20
Goals conceded65
61
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate16%
16%
KickOff rating
+2%

Cardiff v M'Boro Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2023/2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
43478
D GoutasD GoutasJ RallsD Goutas
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Horvath GLK13
-
M Romeo DEF12
1
1
N Phillips DEF15
1
-
D Goutas DEF434
8
-
O Tanner DEF331
3
-
M Siopis MID39
6
-
J Ralls MID3317
3
-
C. Ashford MID2
-
D Turnbull MID141
1
-
J Bowler MID3642
5
-
F Diédhiou FWD131
-
Subs
M. Turner GLK
-
D. Lawlor DEF
-
L. Giles DEF
-
R Wintle MID4024
4
-
R Sawyers MID2
-
J Colwill MID
-
R. Conte MID
-
C Antwi MID
-
C Robinson FWD2211
-
M'Boro Championship squad statistics 2023/2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
321258
S DiengE LathL AylingL Ayling
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Dieng GLK32
2
-
L Ayling DEF175
8
-
R Berg DEF311
2
-
M Clarke DEF213
2
-
L Thomas DEF9
-
J Howson MID3522
8
-
D Barlaser MID292
2
-
I Jones MID3263
7
-
F Azaz MID1732
1
-
A Gilbert MID91
-
E Lath FWD2712
5
-
Subs
S. Connor GLK
-
A Dijksteel DEF18
1
-
A Bangura DEF1211
1
-
L O'Brien MID211
1
-
S Greenwood MID3653
7
-
L. McCabe MID1
-
A. Matthews MID
-
C. Lennon FWD
-
S Silvera FWD3542
-