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By Gareth VincentBBC Sport Wales
Last updated on 7 minutes ago.From the section Championship
Isaiah Jones' goal was his first in the Championship since November 2022Middlesbrough's upturn in fortunes continued as Isaiah Jones and Emmanuel Latte Lath goals secured a third successive Championship victory and halted Cardiff City's winning run.
Jones claimed his first league goal in 11 months early in the second half, the winger tapping in from point-blank range after good work from Lukas Engel.
The opener came just after Cardiff's best effort of the evening, when Ollie Tanner beat Seny Dieng, but saw his shot crash to safety off the far post.
Middlesbrough put the result beyond doubt late on as Latte Lath burst forward from his own half on the counter-attack and kept his composure to skip inside Manolis Siopis and beat Jak Alnwick.
Having reached the play-offs last season, Boro had been in the bottom three after failing to win in their first seven league games of this campaign.
But Michael Carrick's team have moved up to 16th after ending Cardiff's sequence of four straight second-tier victories.
The Bluebirds have made a promising start to life under Erol Bulut, but drop out of the play-off places on goal difference courtesy of this defeat.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Middlesbrough
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Dieng
- 2Smith
- 6Fry
- 17McNair
- 27EngelSubstituted forBanguraat 90'minutes
- 4Barlaser
- 7Hackney
- 11JonesSubstituted forForssat 70'minutes
- 29GreenwoodBooked at 75minsSubstituted forRogersat 87'minutes
- 8McGreeSubstituted forCrooksat 87'minutes
- 19CoburnSubstituted forLatte Lathat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Latte Lath
- 10Rogers
- 15Dijksteel
- 18Silvera
- 21Forss
- 23Glover
- 24Bangura
- 25Crooks
- 26Lenihan
Cardiff
Formation 4-3-3
- 21Alnwick
- 18AdamsSubstituted forRomeoat 71'minutes
- 4GoutasBooked at 80mins
- 5McGuinness
- 38NgBooked at 36mins
- 6WintleSubstituted forRobinsonat 67'minutes
- 23Siopis
- 8Ralls
- 32TannerSubstituted forUgboat 61'minutes
- 9EteteSubstituted forColwillat 71'minutes
- 16GrantBooked at 32mins
Substitutes
- 2Romeo
- 12Ugbo
- 13Rúnarsson
- 19Sawyers
- 24Panzo
- 25Evans
- 27Colwill
- 35Rinomhota
- 47Robinson
Referee:Andy Madley
Attendance:24,276
Live Text
Match ends, Middlesbrough 2, Cardiff City 0.
Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 2, Cardiff City 0.
Foul by Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough).
Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Mark McGuinness.
Morgan Rogers (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rubin Colwill (Cardiff City).
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Forss (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Dael Fry (Middlesbrough) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Daniel Barlaser with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Tommy Smith (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Ralls (Cardiff City).
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Alex Bangura replaces Lukas Engel.
Attempt saved. Callum Robinson (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Crooks with a through ball.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Matt Crooks replaces Riley McGree.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Morgan Rogers replaces Sam Greenwood.
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