Bristol City 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 November 2017

Result

Bristol City 2-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 4 November 2017, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bristol City · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Bristol City 2-1 Cardiff City: match report

Bristol City defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 November 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Callum O'Dowda opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Callum O'Dowda (20') and Aden Flint (66'). Cardiff City scored through O. Bogle (41').

Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 4th on 27 points from 15 and Cardiff City 2nd on 31 points from 15. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 90.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aden Flint of Bristol City (8.0), ahead of Hörður Magnússon (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Lee PeltierCardiff City
  • 20'Goal · Callum O'DowdaBristol City · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Marlon PackBristol City
  • 41'Goal · O. BogleCardiff City · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 55'Red card · O. BogleCardiff City
  • 57'Yellow card · Craig BrysonCardiff City
  • 66'Goal · Aden FlintBristol City · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Cauley WoodrowBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 1, Cardiff City 7.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-4-2)

Frank Fielding, Aden Flint, Nathan Baker, Korey Smith, Hörður Magnússon, Joe Bryan, Josh Brownhill, Callum O'Dowda, Marlon Pack, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Milan Djuric

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

Neil Etheridge, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Lee Peltier, Joe Ralls, Callum Paterson, Craig Bryson, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Omar Bogle, Junior Hoilett