Match facts

  • Cardiff have won their last four Championship meetings with Middlesbrough, conceding just one goal in those four games.
  • Middlesbrough have lost 15 of their last 19 away league matches against Cardiff (W4), losing each of the last three, all 1-0.
  • Cardiff are winless in their three home league games so far this season – they’ve not gone four without a win at home from the start of a Championship season since 2007-08.
  • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in five league games (W2 D3), keeping a clean sheet in the last two. They last registered three consecutive shutouts back in January 2020.
  • Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock hasn’t won an away league match against Cardiff City since April 2006, a 1-0 victory as Sheffield United manager (D4 L2 since).