Cardiff City 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 March 2019

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 31 March 2019, 13:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cardiff City 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Cardiff City lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Víctor Camarasa opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Víctor Camarasa (46'). Chelsea scored through César Azpilicueta (84') and Ruben Loftus-Cheek (90+1').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 18th on 28 points from 30 and Chelsea 6th on 57 points from 30. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 72.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian of Chelsea (8.6), ahead of Harry Arter (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · JorginhoChelsea
  • 46'Goal · Víctor CamarasaCardiff City · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Harry ArterCardiff City
  • 61'Yellow card · César AzpilicuetaChelsea
  • 84'Goal · César AzpilicuetaChelsea · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · A. GunnarssonCardiff City
  • 87'Yellow card · Antonio RüdigerChelsea
  • 90+1'Goal · Ruben Loftus-CheekChelsea · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Cardiff City 0, draws 0, Chelsea 3.

Team news

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

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Aron Gunnarsson, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy, Víctor Camarasa, Junior Hoilett, Oumar Niasse

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rüdiger, David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Ross Barkley, Pedro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Willian