Peterborough United 4-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2011

Result

Peterborough United 4-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 4-3 Cardiff City: match report

Peterborough United defeated Cardiff City 4-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Don Cowie opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Peterborough United's goals came from George Boyd (21'), Grant McCann (24'), Grant McCann (87', penalty) and Paul Taylor (90'). Cardiff City scored through Don Cowie (6'), Peter Whittingham (60') and A. Gunnarsson (79').

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

Going into the game Peterborough United were 11th on 16 points from 11 and Cardiff City 9th on 17 points from 11. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Cardiff City 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Don CowieCardiff City · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · George BoydPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 24'Goal · Grant McCannPeterborough United · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · George BoydPeterborough United
  • 60'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-2
  • 79'Goal · A. GunnarssonCardiff City · 2-3
  • 87'Yellow card · A. TaylorCardiff City
  • 87'Penalty goal · Grant McCannPeterborough United · 3-3
  • 90'Goal · Paul TaylorPeterborough United · 4-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Peterborough United 0, draws 1, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up

Paul Jones, Mark Little, Ryan Bennett, Gabriel Zakuani, Craig Alcock, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Lee Frecklington, Emile Sinclair, Lee Tomlin, Grant McCann

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Filip Kiss, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Aron Gunnarsson, Robert Earnshaw, Mark Hudson, Rudy Gestede