Middlesbrough vs Cardiff 2-2

Middlesbrough came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Cardiff at Riverside Stadium, with the home side's second-half pressure rescuing a point after Gabriel Osho's red card on 83 minutes left the visitors to see out the closing stages a man down.

Cardiff went ahead in the 22nd minute when Jack Moylan scored from Ollie Tanner's assist to make it 1-0. They doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time, as Tanner finished from Moylan's pass on 45+1 minutes to send them in 2-0 up.

Middlesbrough made two changes at the break, with Kyle Joseph replaced by Will Lankshear and Luke Ayling replaced by Sebastian Berhalter, and the response was immediate. Tommy Conway pulled one back in the 58th minute from Callum Brittain's assist for 1-2, then Lankshear, who had come on in the 45th minute, equalised on 61 minutes from Amario Cozier-Duberry's pass. Cardiff made three more changes through the second half, but after Osho was sent off in the 83rd minute they were forced into a final spell of defending, with Middlesbrough unable to find a winner despite the extra man.

The numbers fitted the pattern of a home side that had most of the ball and far more of the attacking play. Middlesbrough had 56% possession, 486 passes to Cardiff's 378, 34 shots to 7, 12 on target to 3, 11 corners to 4 and an xG of 2.67 to 0.91. Cardiff, though, still kept them level until the end and had one save against Middlesbrough's 8, while fouls finished 9-10 and offsides 3-4.

Cardiff's two bookings came for Brian Barry-Murphy in the 19th minute and Joel Bagan in the 25th. Jack Moylan was booked in the 88th minute, and Gabriel Osho was shown a red card in the 83rd minute.