Bristol City 4-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Bristol City 4-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 25 August 2012, 12:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bristol City 4-2 Cardiff City: match report

Bristol City defeated Cardiff City 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 August 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Stephen Pearson opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Bristol City's goals came from Stephen Pearson (32'), Martyn Woolford (45+1'), Martyn Woolford (70') and Sam Baldock (87'). Cardiff City scored through Mark Smith (57') and Heidar Helguson (82').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 9th on 3 points from 2 and Cardiff City 7th on 4 points from 2. Bristol City went on to finish that season 24th with 41 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Stephen PearsonBristol City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Martyn WoolfordBristol City · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · Mark SmithCardiff City · 2-1
  • 70'Goal · Martyn WoolfordBristol City · 3-1
  • 82'Goal · Heidar HelgusonCardiff City · 3-2
  • 87'Goal · Sam BaldockBristol City · 4-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Etien VelikonjaCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

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Bristol City line-up

Tom Heaton, Liam Fontaine, Louis Carey, G. Cunningham, Martyn Woolford, Cole Skuse, Stephen Pearson, Jon Stead, Ryan Taylor, Albert Adomah, Mark Wilson

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Aron Gunnarsson, Jordon Mutch, Tommy Smith, Heidar Helguson, Mark Hudson