Cardiff City 3-0 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Cardiff City 3-0 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-0 Blackpool: match report

Cardiff City beat Blackpool 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matthew Connolly opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Matthew Connolly (17'), Peter Whittingham (27') and Matthew Connolly (57'). Blackpool did not score.

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 13 points from 7 and Blackpool 4th on 13 points from 7. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 4 draws and 2 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Stephen CraineyBlackpool
  • 75'Yellow card · Ian EvattBlackpool
  • 90'Yellow card · M. HudsonCardiff City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Don CowieCardiff City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 4, Blackpool 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Tommy Smith, Craig Noone, Heidar Helguson, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson

Blackpool expected line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Baptiste, Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Craig Cathcart, Isaiah Osbourne, Tiago Gomes, Tom Ince, Nathan Delfouneso, Matthew Gilks, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson