Brentford 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2018

Result

Brentford 1-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 13 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Brentford 1-3 Cardiff City: match report

Brentford were beaten by Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 March 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

The only goal came from Neal Maupay of Brentford in the 5th minute.

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 11th on 53 points from 36 and Cardiff City 2nd on 73 points from 36. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Morrison of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Sol Bamba (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Neal MaupayBrentford · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Bruno Ecuele MangaCardiff City
  • 55'Yellow card · L. DamourCardiff City
  • 65'Yellow card · Chris MephamBrentford
  • 71'Yellow card · S. MorrisonCardiff City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Brentford 2, draws 1, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Yoann Barbet, Chris Mepham, Nico Yennaris, Ollie Watkins, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Sergi Canós, Neal Maupay

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

Neil Etheridge, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Callum Paterson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Loïc Damour, Marko Grujić, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore