Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 September 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 25 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Blackburn Rovers · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Cardiff City 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 September 2021. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Sam Gallagher opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Sam Gallagher (24'), B. Brereton (32'), B. Brereton (45+2'), Tyrhys Dolan (53') and B. Brereton (90', penalty). Cardiff City scored through S. Morrison (58').

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 6th on 13 points from 8 and Cardiff City 11th on 11 points from 8. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Brereton Díaz of Blackburn Rovers (9.0), ahead of Sam Gallagher (8.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Aden FlintCardiff City
  • 24'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 45+2'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · Tyrhys DolanBlackburn Rovers · 4-0
  • 58'Goal · S. MorrisonCardiff City · 4-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Dillon PhillipsCardiff City
  • 90'Penalty goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 1, draws 7, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Bradley DackBlackburn Rovers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Yuki Takahashi, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Sam Gallagher, John Buckley, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan

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

Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Joel Bagan, Rubin Colwill, Leandro Bacuna, Kieffer Moore