Follow live coverage as Middlesbrough face Cardiff City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Cardiff City ended a 13-game winless run away from home in the Championship when beating Watford 2-1 in their final game of 2024 – the Bluebirds last won back-to-back matches on the road in April.

Promotion-contenders Middlesbrough host relegation-threatened Cardiff City on Saturday as both teams hunt points on either side of the table (15:00 GMT).

Cardiff City: Alnwick (C), Rinomhota, Goutas, Daland, O'Dowda, Chambers, Siopis, Robertson, Ashford, Tanner, Colwill. Substitutes: Horvath, Fish, Ng, Kpakio, Bagan, Ralls, Willock, Kanga, Méïté.

Follow live coverage as Cardiff City face Coventry City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Championship strugglers Cardiff City are forced to play with 10 men for almost half the game as Coventry City recover from a goal down to draw.

Middlesbrough and Cardiff City face off this Saturday at the Riverside Stadium in EFL Championship. Currently, Michael Carrick's team are 5th in the table with 40 points, while Omer Riza's team are 23rd have 22 points.