Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Friday 7 December 2012

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Friday 7 December 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackburn Rovers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Friday 7 December 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Aaron Rowe opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Joshua King (51'). Cardiff City scored through Aaron Rowe (30'), Craig Bellamy (55'), Joe Mason (84') and Bo-kyung Kim (85').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 29 points from 20 and Cardiff City 1st on 41 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Cardiff City's W-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Aaron RoweCardiff City
  • 28'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Goal · Aaron RoweCardiff City · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Joshua KingBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 1-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Craig NooneCardiff City
  • 67'Yellow card · M. OlssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Heidar HelgusonCardiff City
  • 73'Yellow card · Grant HanleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Joe MasonCardiff City · 1-3
  • 85'Goal · Bo-kyung KimCardiff City · 1-4

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Jason Lowe, Marcus Olsson, Scott Dann, Adam Henley, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Dickson Etuhu, J. Rhodes, Joshua King

Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Andrew Taylor, Mark Hudson, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Craig Conway, Craig Noone, Heidar Helguson, Craig Bellamy