Blackpool 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Friday 7 April 2023

Result

Blackpool 1-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Friday 7 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Blackpool 1-3 Cardiff City: match report

Blackpool were beaten by Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Friday 7 April 2023. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Connor Wickham opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackpool's goal came from Josh Bowler (74'). Cardiff City scored through Connor Wickham (21'), Sory Kaba (37') and J. Ralls (40').

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

Going into the game Blackpool were 24th on 35 points from 39 and Cardiff City 21st on 39 points from 38. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Connor Wickham of Cardiff City (8.4), ahead of Keshi Anderson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Connor WickhamCardiff City · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · C. PatinoBlackpool
  • 37'Goal · Sory KabaCardiff City · 0-2
  • 40'Goal · J. RallsCardiff City · 0-3
  • 67'Yellow card · J. PhilogeneCardiff City
  • 74'Goal · Josh BowlerBlackpool · 1-3
  • 76'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 3, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Chris Maxwell, Jordan Gabriel, Curtis Nelson, James Husband, Dominic Thompson, Sonny Carey, Callum Connolly, Charlie Patiño, Josh Bowler, Morgan Rogers, Ian Poveda

Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ryan Allsop, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Mahlon Romeo, R. Sawyers, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Jaden Philogene, Connor Wickham, Sory Kaba