Blackburn Rovers vs Cardiff City

Championship

Blackburn

4-4-1

5-1

Final

Cardiff

3-2-4

Ewood Park

Match pulse

BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'CAR

39%Possession61%

17Shots11

10On target5

2Corners6

3Saves4

7Fouls9

8'Aden FlintCAR89'Dillon PhillipsCAR

Team	1H	2H	T
BLK	3	2	5
CAR	0	1	1

Who won: Blackburn 5-1

Blackburn Rovers beat Cardiff City 5-1 on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Sam Gallagher (24'), Ben Brereton Díaz (32', 45'+2', 90' pen) and Tyrhys Dolan (53'). Goals for Cardiff: Sean Morrison (58').

What it means

Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.
Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 6

Portsmouth urge supporters not to speculate on social media as fan incident with Cardiff player is investigated

Recap · Aug 17

Late Cardiff goal spoils Wrexham's start in Championship

ESPN · Aug 17

Cardiff 1-1 Wrexham: Colwill hits injury-time free kick to rescue dramatic point in Welsh derby - as it happened

ESPN · Aug 14

Raúl Jiménez marks Wolves return by rescuing draw with Blackburn

ESPN · Aug 14

Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Raúl Jiménez converts last minute penalty to rescue point in curtain raiser - as it happened

ESPN · Jun 25

English Championship fixtures 2026-27: West Ham start against Burnley, Wrexham head to Cardiff City

ESPN · Mar 30

Cardiff's $138m claim over Emiliano Sala's death dismissed

ESPN · Feb 17

What's happened to Blackburn Rovers' Ryan Alebiosu since his injury on debut for Nigeria at AFCON?

Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-2-1)

1Dillon PhillipsG
2Aden FlintCD
3Curtis NelsonCD-L
4Sean MorrisonCD-R
5Will VaulksCM-L
6Marlon PackCM-R
7Joel BaganLM
8Perry NgRM
9Kieffer MooreF
10Leandro BacunaCF-L
11Rubin ColwillCF-R

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Thomas KaminskiG
2Daniel AyalaCD-L
3Darragh LenihanCD-R
4Harry PickeringLB
5Ryan NyambeRB
6John BuckleyAM
7Joe RothwellLM
8Lewis TravisRM
9Tyrhys DolanF
10Ben Brereton DíazAM-L
11Sam GallagherAM-R

Head to head

BLK leads series 1-0-4

Last meeting: Cardiff 1, Blackburn 1 (Mar 7)

Last 5

CAR

Lvs BOU0-1
L@ COV0-1
W@ NFO2-1
Lvs BRC1-2
Lvs BHA0-2

BLK

T@ BAR0-0
Wvs HUL2-0
Tvs LTN2-2
T@ MID1-1
Lvs WBA1-2

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Game info

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn, England · Attendance 11,670

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