Cardiff City 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 August 2008

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Southampton

Championship · Saturday 9 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 2-1 Southampton: match report

Cardiff City defeated Southampton 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 9 August 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steven Thompson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Steven Thompson (41') and R. Johnson (90'). Southampton scored through David McGoldrick (44').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Southampton received no yellow cards.

Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Southampton 23rd with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Steven ThompsonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · David McGoldrickSouthampton · 1-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Glenn LoovensCardiff City
  • 90'Goal · R. JohnsonCardiff City · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 1, Southampton 2.

Team news

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Fabrice Fernandes, David Prutton, Kevin Phillips, Rory Delap