Blackburn Rovers – Cardiff City match report
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Cardiff City went down 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers in the Championship. The half-time score was 2-0. T. Cantwell was our player of the match, rated 8.8 by the ScoreMondo model for Blackburn Rovers. Saturday 10 October, Ewood Park (Blackburn): Blackburn Rovers against Cardiff City on matchday 9, kick-off 15:00.
The story of the match
Blackburn Rovers took the lead on 28 minutes thanks to A. Gudjohnsen. Blackburn Rovers extended their lead to 2-0 on 38 minutes thanks to T. Cantwell, set up by R. Morishita. It was Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Cardiff City at half-time.
Cardiff City pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 54th minute through C. Robinson.
Match statistics
Blackburn Rovers won 11 corners, Cardiff City 6. Fouls: 9 by Blackburn Rovers, 8 by Cardiff City; offsides 4-1.
Booked for Blackburn Rovers: T. Cantwell (96').
The players
Behind him, K. Montgomery at 8.0, J. Bagan at 7.7 and A. Robertson at 7.6 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Blackburn Rovers made 4 changes: M. Baradji for R. Morishita (64'), J. Fevrier for A. Gudjohnsen (64'), A. Kargbo for O. Afolayan (74') and J. Garrett for K. Montgomery (83'). From the Cardiff City bench came C. Willock on 60 minutes, D. Turnbull on 71 minutes, I. Davies on 71 minutes and R. Kpakio on 78 minutes, among 5 changes.
How they came into it
Before kick-off, Blackburn Rovers' last 5 matches had brought 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Blackburn Rovers drew 2-2 with Portsmouth last time out. Cardiff City came into the match with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches. Their most recent game was a 3-1 win over Charlton Athletic for Cardiff City. The record between them over the last 9 matches reads 6-1-2 from Blackburn Rovers' point of view. When they last met, on 15 March 2025, Cardiff City won 2-1. There have been 24 goals in the 9 meetings, 2.7 a game. Referee Tom Nield showed 1 yellow card; the average in our records is 3.6 yellows per game over 62 matches.
What the result means
Blackburn Rovers have now scored in 5 consecutive matches.
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