Blackburn Rovers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
-
Overview
Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Adam Herczeg
- Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
- Assistant 2 Rob Hyde (England)
24 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar Cardiff City FC H 1–2 L 12 Mar Stoke City FC A 0–1 L 08 Mar Derby County FC A 1–2 L 01 Mar Norwich City FC H 1–1 D 22 Feb Swansea City AFC A 0–3 L 15 Feb Plymouth Argyle FC H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC A 2–1 W 11 Mar Luton Town FC H 1–2 L 08 Mar Sunderland AFC A 1–2 L 04 Mar Burnley FC H 1–2 L 28 Feb Aston Villa FC A 0–2 L 25 Feb Hull City AFC H 1–0 W Key Stats
42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FC0-151/–16-301/131-452/146-601/261-751/–76+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FCYuki Ohashi 10 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Blackburn Rovers FC and Cardiff City FC has kicked off!
- 4' GOAL! Yousef Salech scores on 4. Assisted by Sivert Mannsverk
- 9' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuki Ohashi made 418 appearances and scored 42 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 13' Calum Chambers was booked on 13.
- 16' GOAL! Yuki Ohashi scores on 16. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis
- 21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 26' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 31' Blackburn Rovers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 31.
- 36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 38' Time for substitution for Cardiff City FC. Joe Ralls is replaced by Rubin Colwill.
- 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Blackburn Rovers FC that had 382 games and scored 469 goals.
- 48' Cardiff City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 53' It looks like no one’s ball. Cardiff City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 58' Makhtar Gueye has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 60' Will Alves has so much to prove this time. He replaces Andy Rinomhota on 60 minute.
- 63' Amario Cozier-Duberry is replacing Emmanuel Dennis for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
- 68' It’s high time Valerien Ismael made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 72' Cardiff City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. David Turnbull is hanging Sivert Mannsverk on the field on 72 minute.
- 73' Cardiff City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Yakou Meite on 73.
- 78' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 81' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Yuki Ohashi is replaced by Cauley Woodrow.
- 86' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- Full Time. Cardiff City FC beats Blackburn Rovers FC
-
Lineups
Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1
- 42
- 27
- 11
- 5
- 9
- 4
-
23
Yuki Ohashi ↓ Cauley Woodrow 81'
-
6
Sondre Tronstad ↓ Todd Cantwell 81'
- 17
- 10
Bench
-
45
Cauley Woodrow ↑ 81'
-
8
Todd Cantwell ↑ 81'
- 28
- 21
- 31
- 12
-
33
Amario Cozier-Duberry ↑ 63'
- 48
- 50
Coach Valerien IsmaelCardiff City FC Lineups
3-1-4-2Starting XI
- 11
-
35
Andy Rinomhota ↓ Will Alves 60'
- 1
-
8
Joe Ralls ↓ Rubin Colwill 38'
- 12
-
47
Callum Robinson ↓ Yakou Meite 72'
- 38
- 23
-
22
Yousef Salech ↓ Isaak Davies 60'
- 15
- 2
Bench
-
19
Yakou Meite ↑ 72'
-
14
David Turnbull ↑ 72'
- 4
- 16
-
27
Rubin Colwill ↑ 38'
-
39
Isaak Davies ↑ 60'
-
29
Will Alves ↑ 60'
- 45
- 41
Coach Omer Riza -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ben Brereton 3 Adam Armstrong 3 Will Vaulks 2 Andreas Weimann 2 Sam Gallagher 2 Tyrhys Dolan 2 Bradley Dack 2 Joe Rankin-Costello 1 Head to Head
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2025-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC L 2025-03-12 Stoke City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-03-08 Derby County FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-03-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-02-22 Swansea City AFC 3–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-02-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC WCardiff City FC Form
-
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.33 Blackburn Rovers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.04 Cardiff City FC xGI would bet for: Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Cardiff City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.37Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 72%Draw or Cardiff City FC 58%Blackburn Rovers FC or Cardiff City FC 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.8%0 – 0 11.5%1 – 0 11.3%0 – 1 8.5%2 – 1 8.3%2 – 0 8%1 – 2 Actual0 – 2 4.9%2 – 2 4.4%3 – 1 3.7%3 – 0 3.5%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC
Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 22% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 17% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.