Monday , 5 October 2026

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Blackburn Rovers FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Cardiff City FC
Sat 15 Mar 2025 · 15:00 UTC Ewood Park 13,456 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 4' Yousef Salech
Yuki Ohashi 16' 1–1
1–2 73' Yakou Meite
Y 13' Calum Chambers

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Adam Herczeg
  • Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
  • Assistant 2 Rob Hyde (England)
5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 11.8 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

6
4
2
Blackburn Rovers FC 12 games · Avg 2.2 goals Cardiff City FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-11-09 Cardiff City FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-02-20 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-10-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC 2023-01-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Cardiff City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC Cardiff City FC
#16 Position #21
9 Points 7
8 Played 8
2 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 1 / 4 / 3
12 Scored 10
12 Conceded 12
+0 GD -2
1.13 PPG 0.88
25% Win % 13%

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 16th (9 pts). Cardiff City FC are 21st (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
1/2
46-60
6/2
61-75
–/2
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Cardiff City FC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/3
61-75
3/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC
Oladapo Afolayan 3 G 2 A
Andri Gudjohnsen 3 G 1 A
Sean McLoughlin 1 G
Cardiff City FC
Jack Moylan 3 G 1 A
Yousef Salech 2 G 1 A
Cian Ashford 2 G 1 A
Rubin Colwill 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers FC are looking to make home advantage count against Cardiff City FC.
  • 4' Goal! Yousef Salech scores his 13 goal in 17 matches.
  • 9' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 13' Calum Chambers picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 16' Against the run of play, Yuki Ohashi has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 21' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 26' Blackburn Rovers FC is showing some good football. However, Blackburn Rovers FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 31' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 36' Aynsley Pears is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Blackburn Rovers FC so far.
  • 38' Cardiff City FC make a change. Joe Ralls trudges off to be replaced by Rubin Colwill on 38 minutes.
  • 43' Blackburn Rovers FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 48' The 31-year-old Ethan Horvath has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 53' Blackburn Rovers FC have won 480 goals from 390 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 58' Blackburn Rovers FC currently sit 9 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 60' Will Alves gets the nod from Cardiff City FC. He replaces Andy Rinomhota and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 63' A tactical swap from Blackburn Rovers FC — Amario Cozier-Duberry on, Emmanuel Dennis off on 63 minutes.
  • 68' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 72' The whistle greets Sivert Mannsverk as he departs to be replaced by David Turnbull.
  • 73' Yakou Meite has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 73 minutes.
  • 78' Hayden Carter, a England , has 33 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 81' The Blackburn Rovers FC bench stirs into life. Yuki Ohashi is withdrawn and Cauley Woodrow gets his opportunity.
  • 86' Sivert Mannsverk is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Cardiff City FC tonight.
  • The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

Cardiff City FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2025-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-11-09 Cardiff City FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC 2024-02-20 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-10-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC 2023-01-01 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Cardiff City FC

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 W

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2025-03-11 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Luton Town FC L 2025-03-08 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2025-03-04 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Burnley FC L 2025-02-28 Aston Villa FC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L 2025-02-25 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Hull City AFC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.57 Blackburn Rovers FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.13 Cardiff City FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Blackburn Rovers FC45% Draw28% Cardiff City FC27%
Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.7
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Cardiff City FC
55%
Blackburn Rovers FC or Cardiff City FC
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Blackburn Rovers FC33% Draw46% Cardiff City FC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.8%
1 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
9%
0 – 0
8.6%
2 – 0
8.1%
0 – 1
6.6%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.8%
3 – 0
4.2%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 22% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 15% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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