Cardiff City 3-2 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 15 December 2015

Result

Cardiff City 3-2 Brentford

Championship · Tuesday 15 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Brentford · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-2 Brentford: match report

Cardiff City defeated Brentford 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 December 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

Tony Watt opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Tony Watt (20'), K. Jones (34') and K. Jones (90+3'). Brentford scored through Jake Bidwell (69') and John Swift (86').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 30 points from 20 and Brentford 9th on 29 points from 20. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Brentford 9th with 65.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cardiff City win, 0 draws and 1 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Tony WattCardiff City · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · K. JonesCardiff City · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Toumani DiagouragaBrentford
  • 69'Goal · Jake BidwellBrentford · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Alberto SuárezCardiff City
  • 86'Goal · John SwiftBrentford · 2-2
  • 90+3'Goal · K. JonesCardiff City · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 0, Brentford 1.

Team news

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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones

Brentford expected line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Moses Odubajo, James Tarkowski, Harlee Dean, Alan Judge, Alex Pritchard, Jake Bidwell, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Jota Peleteiro, Andre Gray