Blackburn Rovers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2021-22

Blackburn Rovers FC

5 – 1

Full Time

Cardiff City FC

Sat 25 Sep 2021 · 14:00 UTC Ewood Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 8' Aden Flint

Y 89' Dillon Phillips

Overview

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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/27)
Cardiff City FC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 13 games · Avg 2.2 goals Cardiff City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-25 Blackburn Rovers FC 5–1 Cardiff City FC 2021-04-10 Cardiff City FC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2020-10-03 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC 2020-07-07 Cardiff City FC 2–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2019-08-24 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Cardiff City FC	H	5–1	W
18 Sep	Barnsley FC	A	0–0	D
14 Sep	Hull City AFC	H	2–0	W
11 Sep	Luton Town FC	H	2–2	D
28 Aug	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–1	D
21 Aug	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	1–2	L

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–5	L
18 Sep	AFC Bournemouth	H	0–1	L
15 Sep	Coventry City FC	A	0–1	L
12 Sep	Nottingham Forest FC	A	2–1	W
28 Aug	Bristol City FC	H	1–2	L
21 Aug	Millwall FC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Cardiff City FC
#13	Position	#14
21	Points	18
15	Played	15
6 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 6 / 5
22	Scored	27
23	Conceded	27
-1	GD	+0
1.40	PPG	1.20
40%	Win %	27%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 13th (21 pts). Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

3/4

16-30

3/3

31-45

4/5

46-60

7/4

61-75

1/3

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cardiff City FC

0-15

4/6

16-30

3/5

31-45

9/3

46-60

1/7

61-75

5/2

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

Andri Gudjohnsen	10 G	1 A
Oladapo Afolayan	5 G	2 A
Todd Cantwell	2 G
Sean McLoughlin	1 G

Cardiff City FC

Jack Moylan	10 G	3 A
Yousef Salech	5 G	1 A
Cian Ashford	2 G	2 A
Rubin Colwill	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Blackburn Rovers FC launch into their encounter with Cardiff City FC.
5' The travelling Cardiff City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
8' The referee calls foul for Aden Flint. He receives a Yellow card.
13' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
18' Cardiff City FC have won 425 goals from 387 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
23' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sam Gallagher makes no mistake. 1-0!
24' Sam Gallagher is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
29' Cardiff City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
32' GOAL! Ben Brereton fires home to make it 3-0!
37' 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.
42' Blackburn Rovers FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Todd Cantwell scoring 1 goals.
46' Time for substitution for Cardiff City FC. Perry Ng is replaced by Mark Harris.
47' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ben Brereton makes it 4-0.
52' Blackburn Rovers FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
53' What composure from Tyrhys Dolan! The England international strokes it home. 5-0.
54' GOAL! Tyrhys Dolan fires home to make it 6-0!
56' The whistle greets Darragh Lenihan as he departs to be replaced by Hayden Carter.
58' Against the run of play, Sean Morrison has scored! This game has turned on its head.
63' The 31-year-old Dillon Phillips has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
65' Fresh legs for Blackburn Rovers FC! Reda Khadra comes on to replace Tyrhys Dolan.
70' Aden Flint is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Cardiff City FC tonight.
75' With 1 assists to his name this season, Joel Bagan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Blackburn Rovers FC.
80' It looks surprising Blackburn Rovers FC does not make any changes. Thomas Kaminski has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' Fresh legs for Cardiff City FC! James Collins comes on to replace Rubin Colwill.
83' Tayo Edun gets the nod from Blackburn Rovers FC. He replaces Joe Rothwell and will look to change the dynamic.
88' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Blackburn Rovers FC and Cardiff City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
89' Dillon Phillips picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' What a moment for Ben Brereton! That strike on 90 puts his side firmly in control.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Cardiff City FC.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Mowbray

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mick McCarthy

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Adam Armstrong	3
Ben Brereton	3
Bradley Dack	2
Will Vaulks	2
Andreas Weimann	2
Sam Gallagher	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Yousef Salech	1

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2021-09-25 Blackburn Rovers FC 5–1 Cardiff City FC W 2021-09-18 Barnsley FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-09-14 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–0 Hull City AFC W 2021-09-11 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Luton Town FC D 2021-08-28 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-08-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 West Bromwich Albion FC L

Cardiff City FC Form

2021-09-25 Blackburn Rovers FC 5–1 Cardiff City FC L 2021-09-18 Cardiff City FC 0–1 AFC Bournemouth L 2021-09-15 Coventry City FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC L 2021-09-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2021-08-28 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Bristol City FC L 2021-08-21 Cardiff City FC 3–1 Millwall FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.32 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.43 Cardiff City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC57% Draw21% Cardiff City FC22%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Cardiff City FC

43%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Cardiff City FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC42% Draw38% Cardiff City FC20%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

5.5%

1 – 0

3 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

3.9%

0 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	20%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.