Cardiff City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2016

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 17 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Cardiff City defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 17 August 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Cardiff City's goals came from an own goal by Shane Duffy (14') and an own goal by Shane Duffy (20'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (77').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 1 point from 2 and Blackburn Rovers 24th on 0 points from 2. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Own goal · Shane DuffyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 20'Own goal · Shane DuffyCardiff City · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers
  • 66'Yellow card · K. HarrisCardiff City
  • 71'Yellow card · Hope AkpanBlackburn Rovers
  • 77'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 90+5'Second yellow · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Team news

Cardiff City expected line-up (3-5-2)

Txiki Acaz, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Matthew Connolly, Lee Peltier, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Declan John, Anthony Pilkington

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede