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 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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Aaron Rowe
- 28'Yellow card · Jason Lowe
- 30'Goal · Aaron Rowe
- 51'Goal · Joshua King
- 55'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 64'Yellow card · Craig Noone
- 67'Yellow card · M. Olsson
- 68'Yellow card · Heidar Helguson
- 73'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 84'Goal · Joe Mason
- 85'Goal · Bo-kyung Kim
Head-to-head
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