Our prediction for this Championship match:
Middlesbrough
Match Time & Date:
04/01/2025
16:00
Prediction: 2-0
Cardiff
Middlesbrough will be aiming to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Hull City when they take on Cardiff City in the Championship round 26. The Boro are eager to stay in the playoffs berth and they are seen as favourites to win Saturday’s encounter. Bearing any fresh injury worries, Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick is unlikely to make changes to the team that faced the Tigers on Wednesday.
The Bluebirds, on the other hand, head into the match following a 1-1 draw with Coventry City. The South Wales side are eager to climb out of the relegation zone, but with just one away victory to their name this season, home win should be considered. To make things even worse for the away team, important forward Callum Robinson misses out through suspension. Both Isaak Davies and Michael Reindorf are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team.
Highlighted Team (Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough is a professional football club that have been balancing between the top two divisions of England’s league system in the modern history. Boro have been playing their home games at the Riverside Stadium since 1995 and their shirt colour is red. The capacity of the Riverside Stadium is 34,742. Middlesbrough impressed in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and they did really well to secure promotion to the English top flight. Newcastle United and Sunderland are regarded as the club’s main rivals, but there is a rivalry with Leeds United as well.
Middlesbrough made it to the FA Cup final in 1997, but Chelsea proved to be a big catch for the Boro in the title game (0-2). However, the Riverside Stadium outfit did remarkably well to win the League Cup trophy in 2004, with the team beating Bolton Wanderers in the final. George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Juninho Paulista, Gareth Southgate, Jonathan Woodgate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Tuncay Sanli and Hamilton Ricard are the star footballers who left their mark at Middlesbrough.
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