MATCH THREAD: ' MIDDLESBROUGH V CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD

City's corner comes to nothing.

corner to city

Watmore is found in the box by Bola's stunning diagonal ball over the top. Nelson does enough to stop the shot and Phillips gathers.

good city pressing

Bright start for City, now Boro taking the game to City

Fantastic retreating defence from Drameh, who stops Bola getting another cross in.

Drameh is everywhere

Isaiah Jones knocks in a lovely cross across the face of goal, but no Boro man can get on the end of it and it's out for a goal kick.

The Bluebirds holding their own and looking quite slick so far.

Not too sure why Nelson wanted to swap shirts on the touchline so early in the game though?

LATEST SCORE: MIDDLESBROUGH 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY

Lovely footwork from Colwill as he dances away from tackles and releases Drameh. His cross looks to be falling nicely to Watters, but Hugill takes it off his toes and the chances goes.

Lovely footwork from Colwill as he dances away from tackles and releases Drameh. His cross looks to be falling nicely to Watters, but Hugill takes it off his toes and the chances goes.

Yeah he should have left that, maybe Watters is quite loud enough with his shouts.

Happy 20th birthday to Rubin apparently.

Boro not won for 5 games.

corner to boro comes to nothing

Hugill does well to earn a free-kick from McGree.

0-0 after 21mins

Doyle's floated free-kick finds Denham at the back post and the defender heads from an acute angle, but it's easy for Daniels.

free kick for city

Bola's cross is flicked on by Watmore, but it's straight into Phillips' arms.

good pressing by colwoll

Fck me we've scored a first half goal

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finds
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down the right before his weaving is halted by Curtis Nelson

boro corner adi cleared by city

Jones fouls Colwill just inside Boro's half and it's a Cardiff free-kick.

Cardiff try another short free-kick, but they just aren't working.



They only really have Nelson and Hugill to aim for ain the box and it seems to have altered their traditional 'lump-it-in' style. The short stuff isn't working at the minute either, though.

vaulks pass to much pace on it

Nelson goes in the book. Brings down Balogun cynically and it's a totting-up offence, it seems.

boro free kick nelson booked

GOAL! Middlesbrough 1-0 Cardiff City (Tavernier 28)
Goal. Tavernier from range.

Phillips poor there.

boro score

Why oh why to we always let teams shoot from just outside the box and not close them down, we concede goal after goal through it ffs, if we can see that surely morrison can and learn from mistakes