Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 21 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Blackburn Rovers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joe Rankin-Costello of Blackburn Rovers in the 53rd minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 17th on 13 points from 11 and Cardiff City 8th on 17 points from 11. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Hill of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), level with Joe Rankin-Costello (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Yellow card · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers
  • 53'Goal · Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Jamilu CollinsCardiff City
  • 87'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 4, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, James Hill, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Callum Brittain, Joe Rankin-Costello, Sammie Szmodics, Arnór Sigurdsson, Tyrhys Dolan

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Manolis Siopis, Josh Bowler, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Karlan Grant, Iké Ugbo