Cardiff City 0-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 March 2024

Result

Cardiff City 0-2 Sunderland

Championship · Friday 29 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Cardiff City · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-2 Sunderland: match report

Cardiff City lost to Sunderland 0-2 in the Championship on Friday 29 March 2024. The half-time score was 0-2.

A. Aouchiche opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Cardiff City did not score. Sunderland scored through A. Aouchiche (12', penalty) and Jobe Bellingham (27').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 53 points from 38 and Sunderland 13th on 48 points from 38. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jobe Bellingham of Sunderland (9.4), ahead of Adil Aouchiche (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 4 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · A. AouchicheSunderland · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Jobe BellinghamSunderland · 0-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Callum StylesSunderland
  • 64'Yellow card · J. BowlerCardiff City
  • 64'Yellow card · R. WintleCardiff City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 0, Sunderland 4.

Team news

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

Ethan Horvath, Perry Ng, Nat Phillips, Dimitrios Goutas, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Josh Bowler, Rubin Colwill, Callum O'Dowda, Karlan Grant

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Dan Ballard, Callum Styles, Pierre Ekwah, Dan Neil, Chris Rigg, Adil Aouchiche, Abdoullah Ba, Jobe Bellingham