Burnley 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2008

Result

Burnley 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 9 December 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Burnley · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Burnley 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Burnley drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 9 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

R. Blake opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Burnley's goals came from R. Blake (14') and Steven Thompson (76'). Cardiff City scored through Jay Bothroyd (26') and Wayne Routledge (47').

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burnley were 4th on 36 points from 21 and Cardiff City 6th on 33 points from 21. Burnley went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 2 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · R. BlakeBurnley · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Jóhannes GuðjónssonBurnley
  • 44'Yellow card · Wayne RoutledgeCardiff City
  • 47'Goal · Wayne RoutledgeCardiff City · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · Steven ThompsonBurnley · 2-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 2, Cardiff City 3.