Millwall 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 September 2022

Result

Millwall 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 3 September 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Millwall · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Millwall 2-0 Cardiff City: match report

Millwall won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 3 September 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

C. Cresswell opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Millwall's goals came from C. Cresswell (63') and Benik Afobe (90'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Millwall received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Millwall were 19th on 7 points from 7 and Cardiff City 17th on 8 points from 7. Millwall went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Millwall lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cardiff City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Cresswell of Millwall (9.1), ahead of Bartosz Białkowski (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Millwall wins, 7 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Yellow card · C. KipréCardiff City
  • 53'Yellow card · M. RomeoCardiff City
  • 63'Goal · C. CresswellMillwall · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Callum StylesMillwall
  • 88'Yellow card · Murray WallaceMillwall
  • 90'Goal · Benik AfobeMillwall · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Millwall 2, draws 7, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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Millwall line-up (3-4-3)

Bartosz Białkowski, Shaun Hutchinson, Jake Cooper, Murray Wallace, Jamie Shackleton, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Callum Styles, Zian Flemming, Tom Bradshaw, Andreas Voglsammer

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

Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Niels Nkounkou, R. Sawyers, Ryan Wintle, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Sheyi Ojo, Max Watters, Jaden Philogene