Brentford 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 11 December 2019

Result

Brentford 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 11 December 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Brentford · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Brentford 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Brentford won against Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 11 December 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Brentford's goals came from Bryan Mbeumo (25') and O. Watkins (46'). Cardiff City scored through Marlon Pack (64').

Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 9th on 30 points from 20 and Cardiff City 8th on 31 points from 20. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford (8.3), ahead of Saïd Benrahma (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Bryan MbeumoBrentford · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · O. WatkinsBrentford · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Marlon PackCardiff City · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Josh MurphyCardiff City
  • 76'Yellow card · Pontus JanssonBrentford
  • 80'Yellow card · Rico HenryBrentford
  • 83'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Brentford 2, draws 1, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nørgaard, Josh Dasilva, Bryan Mbeumo, Ollie Watkins, Saïd Benrahma

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

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Daniel Ward