Cardiff City vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Sep 6

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Recap · Aug 17

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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

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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

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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

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (3-4-1-2)

1. 1Thomas KaminskiG
2. 2Jan Paul van HeckeCD
3. 3Scott WhartonCD-L
4. 4Darragh LenihanCD-R
5. 5Lewis TravisCM-L
6. 6Joe RothwellCM-R
7. 7John BuckleyAM
8. 8Tayo EdunLM
9. 9Ryan NyambeRM
10. 10Ben Brereton DíazCF-L
11. 11Reda KhadraCF-R

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (5-3-2)

1. 1Alex SmithiesG
2. 2Aden FlintCD
3. 3Curtis NelsonCD-L
4. 4Mark McGuinnessCD-R
5. 5Perry NgLB
6. 6Cody DramehRB
7. 7Ryan WintleCM
8. 8Joe RallsCM-L
9. 9Will VaulksCM-R
10. 10Mark HarrisCF-L
11. 11James CollinsCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• L@ WGA2-3
• Tvs HUD0-0
• Wvs BAR2-1
• Wvs BIR4-0
• W@ BOU2-0

CAR

• Wvs PNE2-1
• T@ WBA1-1
• L@ BOU0-3
• T@ BIR2-2
• Lvs SHU2-3

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales

Officials

Matt Donohue