England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Middlesbrough and Cardiff City, taking place on Tuesday, 03 October 2023, at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.
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Middlesbrough, Recent FormMiddlesbrough will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 3-2 win in their away outing against Watford. During that encounter they had 46% possession and had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 16 shots on goal.
Manager Michael Carrick will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 12 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 9 goals they managed at the other end. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 17 games.
With 3 defeats and just 2 wins from their last 6 outings, this cannot be regarded as a good run of form.
Riley McGree will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Middlesbrough.
Cardiff City, Recent FormLast time out, Cardiff City left content aftera 2-0 home win against Rotherham United They achieved 69% possession in that match and had 12 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Rotherham United's tally of 7 efforts at goal, 0 of which were on target.
It's been a rewarding period in front of goal, with 12 goals scored in their last 6 matches; that said, boss Erol Bulut will be less happy with his defence, who have conceded 6 goals in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games but failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of those games.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 4 straight wins in a row.
On an individual basis, Aaron Ramsey will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 3 goals in Cardiff City's last 6 league games.
Last time these two teams met in the league it resulted in an unsurprising 1-3 win for Middlesbrough.
Middlesboro will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 7 encounters with The Bluebirds.
With only Anfernee Dijksteel (Unknown) and Rav van den Berg (Hamstring) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Michael Carrick will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Erol Bulut has a number of injury concerns in his Cardiff squad to contend with: Karlan Ahearne-Grant (Knock), Josh Bowler (Calf) and Callum O'Dowda (Leg)
Middlesbrough Playing at home | Cardiff City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | Goals scored | 1.5 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 53' | Time first goal scored | 46' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 48' |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 3.3 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
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