Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 10 October 2026

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 10 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Ewood Park, Blackburn · half-time 2-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 10 October 2026 at Ewood Park. The half-time score was 2-0.

Andri Gudjohnsen opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Andri Gudjohnsen (28') and Todd Cantwell (38'). Cardiff City scored through Callum Robinson (53').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 16th on 9 points from 8 and Cardiff City 21st on 7 points from 8. In the current table Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

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 Joel Bagan of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Todd Cantwell (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Andri GudjohnsenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 2, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

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  • Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
  • Scott WhartonBlackburn Rovers · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Oladapo Afolayan, Andri Gudjohnsen

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

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Dylan Lawlor, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Jack Moylan, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Cian Ashford, Callum Robinson

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