Championship · ENG · Round 38

Blackburn Rovers
1 - 2 Full time
Cardiff City

Ewood Park · Blackburn, Lancashire

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers4-2-3-1
AP1Pears
JR11Rankin-Costello
HC17Carter
DH5Hyam
YR4Ribeiro
ST6↓81'Tronstad
LT27Travis
TD10Dolan
YO23⚽↓81'Ohashi
ED42↓63'Dennis
MG9Gueye
EH1Horvath
PN38Ng
WF2Fish
JB23Bagan
CC12Chambers
AR35↓61'Rinomhota
SH15↓72'Mannsverk
JR8↓38'Ralls
CO11O'Dowda
YS22⚽↓61'Salech
CR47↓72'Robinson
Cardiff City3-1-4-2

Blackburn Rovers substitutes

33 Amario Cozier-Duberry 5.9 ↑63'
8 Todd Cantwell ↑81'
45 Cauley Woodrow ↑81'
12 Balazs Toth
31 Dion Sanderson
48 Tom Atcheson
28 Adam Forshaw
21 John Buckley
59 Brandon Powell

Coach: Valerien Ismael

Cardiff City substitutes

27 Rubin Colwill 7.2 ↑38'
39 Isaak Davies 5.8 ↑61'
29 Will Alves 7.8 ↑61'
14 David Turnbull 6.3 ↑72'
19 Yakou Meite 7.7 ⚽↑72'
41 Matthew Turner
4 Dimitrios Goutas
16 Chris Willock
45 Cian Ashford

Coach: Ömer Riza

Match events

4'Yousef Salech assist: Sivert Heggheim Mannsverk 0 - 1⚽
13'Calum Chambers
16'Yuki Ohashi assist: Emmanuel Dennis 1 - 1⚽
38'↑ Rubin Colwill ↓ Joe Ralls⇄
Second half
61'↑ Isaak Davies ↓ Yousef Salech⇄
61'↑ Will Alves ↓ Andy Rinomhota⇄
63'↑ Amario Cozier-Duberry ↓ Emmanuel Dennis⇄
72'↑ David Turnbull ↓ Sivert Heggheim Mannsverk⇄
72'↑ Yakou Meite ↓ Callum Robinson⇄
73'Yakou Meite assist: Will Alves 1 - 2⚽
81'↑ Todd Cantwell ↓ Sondre Tronstad⇄
81'↑ Cauley Woodrow ↓ Yuki Ohashi⇄

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 15 March 2025, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

7Blackburn Rovers wins8Draws6Cardiff City wins

21 past meetings on record. Biggest Blackburn Rovers win: Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Cardiff City (2021). Biggest Cardiff City win: Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Cardiff City (2012).

9 Nov 2024Cardiff City 1 - 3 Blackburn RoversChampionship
20 Feb 2024Cardiff City 0 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
21 Oct 2023Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
27 Sep 2023Blackburn Rovers 5 - 2 Cardiff CityEFL Cup
1 Jan 2023Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
4 Oct 2022Cardiff City 1 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
15 Jan 2022Cardiff City 0 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
25 Sep 2021Blackburn Rovers 5 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
10 Apr 2021Cardiff City 2 - 2 Blackburn RoversChampionship
3 Oct 2020Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
Show all 21 past meetings
7 Jul 2020Cardiff City 2 - 3 Blackburn RoversChampionship
24 Aug 2019Blackburn Rovers 0 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
7 Mar 2017Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
17 Aug 2016Cardiff City 2 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
2 Jan 2016Cardiff City 1 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
18 Aug 2015Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
17 Feb 2015Cardiff City 1 - 1 Blackburn RoversChampionship
8 Aug 2014Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
1 Apr 2013Cardiff City 3 - 0 Blackburn RoversChampionship
7 Dec 2012Blackburn Rovers 1 - 4 Cardiff CityChampionship
29 Nov 2011Cardiff City 2 - 0 Blackburn RoversLeague Cup