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CARDIFF CITY v MIDDLESBROUGH
Saturday 21st September 2019, 3pm
SkyBet Championship
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Today’s team vs Middlesbrough:

Smithies, Peltier, Morrison, Flint, Bennett, Bacuna, Ralls, Paterson, Whyte, Murphy and Bogle.

Subs :

Etheridge, Nelson, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Ward, Vaulks and Tomlin



Team News:

Neil Etheridge is fit after playing 90mins for City’s Under 23’s.



Boro team news:

Boro have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the match with Jonny Howson and captain George Friend still out following recent operations.

Full-back Hayden Coulson remains sidelined with a thigh issue while Rudy Gestede missed the Reading win with a hamstring issue.





About Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently competing in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889. They played at the Linthorpe Road ground from 1882 to 1903 and at Ayresome Park for 92 years, from 1903 to 1995.

They were one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992 and became one of the first clubs to be relegated from it following the 1992–93 season. The club came close to folding in 1986 after experiencing severe financial difficulties before it was saved by a consortium led by then board member and later chairman Steve Gibson. The club's main rivals are Sunderland, Newcastle United and Leeds United.

Middlesbrough won the League Cup in 2004, the club's first and only major trophy. They reached the 2006 UEFA Cup Final, but were beaten by Spanish side Sevilla. The club's highest league finish to date was third in the 1913–14 season and they have only spent two seasons outside the Football League's top two divisions. The League Cup win and the UEFA Cup run was part of an 11-year consecutive stay in the Premier League, before a relegation in 2009. Although the club returned in 2016, instant relegation followed.

The club's traditional kit is red with white detailing. The home shorts and sock colours have interchangeably been shifted between red and white, complementing the red shirt that was adopted in 1899. The various crests throughout the club's history, the most recent of which was adopted in 2007, incorporate a lion rampant.

Previous Meeting

Our last match against Middlesbrough was a victory at Cardiff City Stadium in this league in February 2018. Sean Morrison scored the only goal in a 1-0 win

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Smithies, Peltier, Morrison, Flint, Bennett, Ralls, Bacuna, Paterson, Whyte, Murphy, Glatzel

Middlesbrough: Randolph, Dijksteel, Fry, Shotton, Bola, McNair, Clayton, Wing, Johnson, Fletcher, Assombalonga

Form - Last Three Games  

Derby County 1-1 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 0-0 Fulham
Cardiff City 0-3 Luton Town

Middlesbrough 1-0 Reading
Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 21/20
Middlesbrough - 13/5
Draw - 12/5

Predictions

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Team News:

Neil Etheridge is fit after playing 90mins for City’s Under 23’s.

Middlesbrough seem to struggle with crosses and set pieces this season, it is a major weakness for them that even Woodgate acknowledged recently.

Going forward they have two quick strong players who both know how to score who will definitely cause our slow centre backs problems.

I think this will be a high scoring game , I'm going for 3-3 draw

It seems all other teams have front men who can score, a minimum requirement in my book. Why oh why cant we find one.

2-1 city.

Cardiff City 2-0 Middlesbrough

Glatzel's 1st hatrick.

Home form

Cardiff are unbeaten at home in the league this season, winning two of their three games at Cardiff City Stadium. If they are to make steady progress as the season wears on, they will have to continue to make home their fortress.

The Bluebirds, in fact, have lost just once in their last 13 Championship games at home, winning 10 in the process, so they are making a habit of not losing in the Welsh capital.

That, they will hope, is a record which will extend this Saturday when Middlesbrough visit. A win will likely push them into the top 10 and the picture, all of a sudden, begins to look a lot rosier.

How Middlesbrough have coped without Aden Flint and the hope for Cardiff City

The Bluebirds welcome Boro to Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday


By Glen Williams


18th September 2019


The Bluebirds welcome Boro to Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday

Middlesbrough have occasionally looked shaky at the back this season as Jonathan Woodgate introduces a new, enterprising brand of football.

The blame, by and large, has been a lack of midfield cover leaving the defenders exposed rather than ineptitude from the centre-backs.

Bedding in two young full-backs unfamiliar with the second tier has also complicated matters.

However, after a crazy 3-3 thriller at Luton on the opening weekend, Boro have looked better at the back, keeping two clean sheets in their last four games.

Aden Flint's departure left Woodgate with limited cover in central defence, especially as Dael Fry was injured for the opening games and Dani Ayala picked up a knock at the back end of August.

But Ryan Shotton's finding his feet after a sticky start and is starting to forge a useful partnership with the returning Fry.


Last season, Flint was an important part of the joint-best defence in terms of goals conceded. But, by his own admission, he failed to make an impact in the opposition box.

Flint showed at Bristol City that he was capable of scoring upwards of 10 goals a season from set-pieces but managed just one for Boro.

That was a mystery, especially as Tony Pulis teams tend to be effective from corners and free-kicks.

The blame wasn't just Flint's to shoulder, Middlesbrough were generally woeful from set-pieces last season and poor delivery just as much as wayward finishing was the reason.




Flint's presence at the back would have been an asset this season though there are suggestions he would have struggled to adapt to Boro's new tactic of playing the ball out from the back.

That may have been a fair summary but it must be said Woodgate's team are not trying to copy Pep Guardiola's Manchester City.

Yes, they will pass from the back when the opportunity arises, but they are just as likely to use other methods when in possession.

We'll never know whether Woodgate would have utilised Flint had he still been on the books. He'd have definitely played games due to the aforementioned injury issues, but it's far from certain that he'd have been a first choice selection with a fully fit list of defenders to choose from.

Boro team news:




Boro have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the match with Jonny Howson and captain George Friend still out following recent operations.

Full-back Hayden Coulson remains sidelined with a thigh issue while Rudy Gestede missed the Reading win with a hamstring issue.

2-1 City

I've a feeling city will click soon and I'm hoping it's against this lot. 2-0

3-1 city

Warnock: Let's give the supporters something to shout about

Ahead of Saturday’s match against Middlesbrough, Neil Warnock held a pre-match press conference at the Vale Resort.

The Gaffer began by discussing the upcoming fixture, as the Bluebirds host Boro at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

“It will be a good test for us,” he began. “I’m looking forward to it. We’ve only had the three league games at home so far this season, so it will be nice to play in front of our home fans again.”


Neil went on to share his thoughts on the visitors, who, similarly to the Bluebirds have now gone four league matches unbeaten.

“They have some good players, and we’re going to have to concentrate on ourselves and try to take our opportunities.”

“They have one of the best sides in the division if you look at their squad.

“They’re set up well in the Championship, especially with players like [Britt] Assombalonga who can score goals from anywhere.

“Boro will give us a good test and keep us on our toes, so we’ll have to give our supporters something to shout about.”

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Today’s team vs Middlesbrough:

Smithies, Peltier, Morrison, Flint, Bennett, Bacuna, Ralls, Paterson, Whyte, Murphy and Bogle.

Subs :

Etheridge, Nelson, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Ward, Vaulks and Tomlin

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1-0 City

Should be 2-0 City

Should be 2-0 City

More like 3 very wasteful

46 mins Bogle misses good chance

Boro miss a sitter

What's wrong with Glatzel?