MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v MIDDLESBROUGH " MATCH THREAD

Now all Boro

Pouring with rain


Cardiff just pinned in their own half a minute. A poor pass from Will Vaulks gifts Boro a corner deep into City territory.

But Vaulks atones for his error and dispossesses Bola before Josh Murphy wins the free-kick and Cardiff reset.

Will Vaulks' poor cross sails over the bar. Bettinelli will take the goal kick.

A little sloppy from the Bluebirds in possession so far, just need to get a foot on it.

Ojo puts pressure on Dijksteel and the right back give Will Vaulks another chance to launch one in from the throw-in.

Morrison wins and flicks it on, but Bettinelli collects.

Tavernier looks to take Bagan on on the outside, but the youngster slides in strongly to dispossess him.

Top work from the left back.

Ojo whips in a lovely cross and the two Boro centre backs get in a bit of a tizz. But Bettinelli manages to stop the ball going out for a corner.

Ojo seems to be growing in confidence each game.

Bagan releases Murphy with a lovely pass and the winger cuts inside and fires a shot off from just outside the box, but it's blocked and out for a throw.

Vaulks launches it in but it slips out of his hands and is cleared.

Murphy, Ojo and Wilson look lively

A little chance there for Boro, more by luck than judgment. A deflected ball in falls to Howson and he lays it into the path of Tavernier, who is bursting into the box. But he blazes over on the angle.

Kieffer Moore leads with his arm as he goes to challenge McNair for the ball in the air. The Boro players are incensed and want Moore to see red, but referee Brooks brandishes only a yellow.

Moore booked

Will Vaulks finds Moore with a beautiful ball right down the middle of the pitch and the striker muscles his way into the box and gets his shot off.

It's a great connection but whistles wide of the upright. Top ball from Vaulks, though.

Close! Lovely interplay from City in the build-up there.

Will Vaulks shapes to shoot but then lays off Wilson in a neatly-disguised pass. The Welshman takes his shot quickly and it dips towards the far post, but lands on the roof of the net.

Osei-Tutu wins a free-kick on the right flank and Warnock is furious.

Wilson trots over to take it and whips in a cross but it doesn't beat the first man and is cleared.

Wilson free kick


goes no where

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So close!

Kieffer Moore does tremendously to turn his marker in the middle of the pitch and drive towards goal. He shits it to his right past Dael Fry and fires a shot from outside the box. The net ripples... but it's the outside.

Agonising.

FFS
Our home form is fkn sh#t and it needs to change and soon
Hope we can turn this around but I'm not holding my breath

H/T 0-1

H/T 0-1

Being Warnocked.

We have all the ball and look the better team, yet find ourselves down from a set piece.

So far warnock doing to us what we did to so many teams under him. Sit deep, slow the game down and look to hit with a set piece. Frustrating game so far but not over yet

Kieffer Moore leads with his arm as he goes to challenge McNair for the ball in the air. The Boro players are incensed and want Moore to see red, but referee Brooks brandishes only a yellow.

He was lucky there! Could easily have seen a red for elbows!!

Need to up the tempo and be much braver in attack. Boro are very average and look like they've come for a point. Early goal second half and this can finish 3 v 1 like last season.Vauks has been poor today. Needs to up his game second half or get hooked.

Moore being too selfish, great turn but then Murphy made a great run which made loads of space for Wilson and he’d would have been through on goal. But Moore tries to score a worldie, which was a good effort but you’ll hardly ever score from that distance. I think he’ll be brought of shortly because of his yellow.
Murphy has looked really sharp so far seems to be taking his chance which is good to see. We just need to have some sort of attacking shape which always seems to be non existent with Moore playing up top.

Another team with ten man defence! Harris needs to find a formula to counteracting away teams tactics? Maybe glatzel as well as moore because borough are putting 2 on moore...

Glatzel and 442. Vaulks has been very poor needs to come off

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