Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 16 December 2020

Result

Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Wednesday 16 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City: match report

Cardiff City beat Birmingham City 3-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 16 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Robert Glatzel opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Robert Glatzel (10'), Harry Wilson (77') and S. Morrison (89'). Birmingham City scored through Marc Roberts (31') and Iván Sánchez (57').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 26 points from 18 and Birmingham City 17th on 22 points from 18. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 52.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Wilson of Cardiff City (9.3), ahead of Iván Sánchez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Robert GlatzelCardiff City · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Jon ToralBirmingham City
  • 28'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 31'Goal · Marc RobertsBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · S. OjoCardiff City
  • 53'Yellow card · Maxime ColinBirmingham City
  • 57'Goal · Iván SánchezBirmingham City · 1-2
  • 74'Missed penalty · Robert GlatzelCardiff City
  • 77'Goal · Harry WilsonCardiff City · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · S. MorrisonCardiff City · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 5, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

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

Alex Smithies, Leandro Bacuna, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Gavin Whyte, Harry Wilson, Sheyi Ojo, Robert Glatzel

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

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, M. Roberts, Harlee Dean, Jake Clarke-Salter, Ivan Šunjić, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Iván Sánchez, Jon Toral, Jonathan Leko, Lukas Jutkiewicz