Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Friday 14 October 2016

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City

Championship · Friday 14 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Bristol City: match report

Cardiff City beat Bristol City 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 14 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Peter Whittingham (25', penalty) and Sol Bamba (67'). Bristol City scored through Lee Tomlin (69').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 5 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 10 points from 11 and Bristol City 7th on 18 points from 11. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Bristol City 20th with 52.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sol Bamba of Cardiff City (8.0), ahead of Lee Tomlin (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City
  • 42'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City
  • 67'Goal · Sol BambaCardiff City · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Lee TomlinBristol City · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Tammy AbrahamBristol City
  • 70'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCardiff City
  • 81'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 86'Yellow card · M. LittleBristol City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Lex ImmersCardiff City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · L. ImmersCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 7, draws 1, Bristol City 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Amos, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Rickie Lambert

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

Frank Fielding, Mark Little, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Gary O'Neil, Marlon Pack, Sander Krabbendam, Lee Tomlin, Luke Freeman, Tammy Abraham