Cardiff City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

Cardiff City FC

2 – 2

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Blackburn Rovers FC

Sat 10 Apr 2021 · 14:00 UTC Cardiff City Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'

Y 19' Thomas Kaminski

Josh Murphy 44' Y

Y 65' Darragh Lenihan

Joe Ralls 75' Y

Overview

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Cardiff City FC vs Blackburn Rovers FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.

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

Match Details

Referee Paul Hodskinson
Referee Lee Venamore
Referee Jeremy Simpson
Referee Andy Woolmer

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

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

Last 5 meetings

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

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	2–2	D
05 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	0–5	L
02 Apr	Nottingham Forest FC	H	0–1	L
20 Mar	Swansea City AFC	A	1–0	W
16 Mar	Stoke City FC	H	0–0	D
13 Mar	Watford FC	H	1–2	L

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Apr	Cardiff City FC	A	2–2	D
05 Apr	AFC Bournemouth	H	0–2	L
02 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	0–1	L
20 Mar	Norwich City FC	A	1–1	D
17 Mar	Bristol City FC	H	0–0	D
12 Mar	Brentford FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Blackburn Rovers FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Blackburn Rovers FC gets underway.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Cardiff City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Blackburn Rovers FC's shape.
15' Blackburn Rovers FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
19' It’s a booking for Blackburn Rovers FC player. Thomas Kaminski gets a Yellow card.
24' Blackburn Rovers FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Todd Cantwell scoring 1 goals.
27' Will Vaulks puts Cardiff City FC on the lead.
32' Adam Armstrong has been relatively quiet despite scoring 91 goals in his last 397 appearances.
37' Blackburn Rovers 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.
42' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
43' Adam Armstrong does the damage! The net is bulging and Blackburn Rovers FC surge ahead!
44' That is a Yellow card for Cardiff City FC. Josh Murphy will be fuming at that decision.
49' Jacob Davenport is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Cardiff City FC so far.
54' Blackburn Rovers FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
59' It looks like no one’s ball. Blackburn Rovers FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
63' A change in the Cardiff City FC ranks — Josh Murphy exits the field as Joe Ralls enters on 63.
65' Blackburn Rovers FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
70' GOAL! Joe Ralls fires home to make it 2-1!
75' Joe Ralls catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 75.
78' Lewis Travis makes way for Stewart Downing at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Blackburn Rovers FC.
79' A change in the Blackburn Rovers FC ranks — Sam Gallagher exits the field as Ben Brereton enters on 79.
84' Thomas Sang needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
89' Over 89 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
90' A stunning finish from Adam Armstrong — that came from absolutely nowhere!
90' The Cardiff City FC manager makes a substitution. Harry Wilson departs to be replaced by Jonny Williams.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mick McCarthy

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Mowbray

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2021-04-10 Cardiff City FC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-04-05 Sheffield Wednesday FC 5–0 Cardiff City FC L 2021-04-02 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Nottingham Forest FC L 2021-03-20 Swansea City AFC 0–1 Cardiff City FC W 2021-03-16 Cardiff City FC 0–0 Stoke City FC D 2021-03-13 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC L

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2021-04-10 Cardiff City FC 2–2 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-04-05 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 AFC Bournemouth L 2021-04-02 Wycombe Wanderers FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2021-03-20 Norwich City FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2021-03-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2021-03-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Brentford FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.65 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.5 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

I would bet for: Cardiff City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC41% Draw26% Blackburn Rovers FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.15

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Blackburn Rovers FC

59%

Cardiff City FC or Blackburn Rovers FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC30% Draw43% Blackburn Rovers FC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.7%

1 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

2 – 0

5.8%

0 – 1

5.7%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Blackburn Rovers FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	19%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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