Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 1 January 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 1 January 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday 1 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from B. Dack of Blackburn Rovers in the 48th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 3rd on 39 points from 25 and Cardiff City 20th on 28 points from 25. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dominic Hyam of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Thomas Kaminski (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · J. GarrettBlackburn Rovers
  • 28'Yellow card · J. SimpsonCardiff City
  • 48'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Mark HarrisCardiff City
  • 65'Yellow card · S. WhartonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 4, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

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

Thomas Kaminski, Joe Rankin-Costello, Yuki Takahashi, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Tyler Morton, Jake Garrett, Ryan Hedges, Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sam Gallagher

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

Ryan Allsop, Tom Sang, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Jack Simpson, Joe Ralls, Ryan Wintle, Gavin Whyte, Callum Robinson, Callum O'Dowda, Mark Harris