H2H: Cardiff City vs Middlesbrough – Prediction (Championship

H2H: Cardiff v Middlesbrough – Comparison.

Harry Wilson scored his first Cardiff goal last time out; the loanee averages 0.41 goals per game across his 58 appearances. George Saville scored a rare goal last game – the Boro man already has two yellow cards this term and was booked in the last H2H in the first minute! Neil Warnock is winless in 11 of his last 12 meetings with his former employers (W1, D5, L6) and has never beaten a Neil Harris side in three prior encounters (D2, L1).

Cardiff City Insights.

Cardiff extended their unbeaten run to three games after coming back to draw 1-1 in their midweek match (W1, D2). Their balanced league start (W2, D2, L2) is identical to their six-game start last season in which they ended up in the play-offs – in fact, round six and seven last term were also both 1-1 draws. The ‘Bluebirds’ are yet to win at home however, and have picked up just one of their eight-point haul here (D1, L2). Whilst Cardiff are yet to keep a clean sheet here, they conceded just once across the last 464 minutes of home H2H play. Moreover, Neil Harris saw his side on the day score exactly two goals in both his managerial home H2Hs with Middlebrough (W1, D1), whilst losing only once in the overall H2H (W2, D3, L1).

Middlesbrough Insights.

Visiting Middlesbrough defied the odds to win last time out. That 1-0 scoreline highlighted a trend of low-scoring affairs involving Middlesbrough, with five of their six league outings this term producing under 2.5 total goals (1.5 per-match on average). Consequently, one goal may be enough here as it proved in their last five H2H visits (W1, L4). Despite being outsiders here, Middlesbrough have picked up 16 of their 21 Championship points since Neil Warnock’s appointment away from home (W5, D1, L2), of which four victories saw exactly two Boro goals. Moreover, Boro avoided defeat in 54.55% of their last 22 games as away outsiders in the league (W6, D6, L10).