Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 7 March 2012

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 7 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 7 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Joe Mason opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from A. Barnes (72') and Sam Vokes (89'). Cardiff City scored through Joe Mason (57') and Peter Whittingham (74').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 7th on 54 points from 34 and Cardiff City 8th on 53 points from 33. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Cardiff City 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 1 draw and 1 for Cardiff City.

Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Cardiff City's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · M. HudsonCardiff City
  • 47'Yellow card · Don CowieCardiff City
  • 57'Goal · Joe MasonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Liam BridcuttBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben TurnerCardiff City
  • 72'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 1-2
  • 89'Goal · Sam VokesBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 1, draws 1, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up

Peter Brezovan, Joe Mattock, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, James Freitas, Alan Navarro, Assulin Gai, Liam Bridcutt, Abdul Razak, Ashley Barnes, Craig Mackail-Smith

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Liam Lawrence, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Mason, Mark Hudson, Kenny Miller