Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Sunday 22 March 2009

Result

Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United

Championship · Sunday 22 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cardiff City · Sheffield United · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-3 Sheffield United: match report

Cardiff City lost to Sheffield United 0-3 in the Championship on Sunday 22 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

David Cotterill opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cardiff City did not score. Sheffield United scored through David Cotterill (25', penalty), Jamie Ward (46') and Stephen Quinn (87').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 63 points from 37 and Sheffield United 5th on 63 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Sheffield United 3rd with 84.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Red card · Gábor GyepesCardiff City
  • 25'Penalty goal · David CotterillSheffield United · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Greg HalfordSheffield United
  • 33'Red card · Ross McCormackCardiff City
  • 46'Goal · Jamie WardSheffield United · 0-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Kyle NaughtonSheffield United
  • 81'Yellow card · Nick MontgomerySheffield United
  • 87'Goal · Stephen QuinnSheffield United · 0-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Miguel CommingesCardiff City
  • 90'Yellow card · G. RaeCardiff City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 1, draws 3, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Sheffield United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Phil Jagielka, Claude Davis, Chris Armstrong, Robert Kozluk, Keith Gillespie, Rob Hulse, Chris Morgan, Mikele Leigertwood, Michael Tonge