Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:29 am
Match facts:
Middlesbrough have won their last two league games against Cardiff, last winning three in a row in January 2015.
Cardiff City have won four of their last 18 league visits to Middlesbrough, last winning there in July 2020 under Neil Harris.
After losing three consecutive home games in April, Middlesbrough have since gone unbeaten in their last six at the Riverside in league competition (W4 D2).
Cardiff are winless in four away league games (D1 L3), failing to score in the last three. The Bluebirds haven’t gone four consecutive games on the road without a goal since November 2015.
Since the start of last season, Matt Crooks has scored 10 goals at the Riverside Stadium in the Championship – at least twice as many as any other Middlesbrough player (5, Paddy McNair).