Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 7 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackburn Rovers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 7 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

K. Zohorè opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Derrick Williams (90'). Cardiff City scored through K. Zohorè (38').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 20th on 36 points from 34 and Cardiff City 12th on 48 points from 35. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Derrick Williams of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Sol Bamba (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · K. ZohorèCardiff City · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · K. HarrisCardiff City
  • 90'Goal · Derrick WilliamsBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Joe BennettCardiff City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 3, Cardiff City 5.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Danny Guthrie, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Sam Gallagher

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

Allan McGregor, Jazz Richards, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Greg Halford, Kadeem Harris, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Junior Hoilett, Kenneth Zohore