Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023

Result

Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United: match report

Cardiff City beat Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kion Etete opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Kion Etete (56') and Perry Ng (90'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 13 points from 8 and Rotherham United 23rd on 5 points from 8. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Perry Ng of Cardiff City (8.1), level with Kion Etete (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Manolis SiopisCardiff City
  • 46'Yellow card · Dimitris GoutasCardiff City
  • 56'Goal · Kion EteteCardiff City · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · Perry NgCardiff City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 3, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Yakou Méïté, Kion Etete, Karlan Grant

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Viktor Johansson, Fred Onyedinma, Dexter Lembikisa, Tyler Blackett, Cohen Bramall, Sebastian Revan, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiéhi, Sam Clucas, Jordan Hugill, Andre Green