Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 January 2022

Result

Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 22 January 2022, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff City: match report

Bristol City beat Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 January 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

James Collins opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Bristol City's goals came from Chris Martin (33'), Chris Martin (63') and Andreas Weimann (77'). Cardiff City scored through James Collins (31') and Max Watters (90').

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

Going into the game Bristol City were 17th on 30 points from 26 and Cardiff City 22nd on 23 points from 25. Bristol City went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Cardiff City 19th with 53.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Martin of Bristol City (8.7), ahead of Han-Noah Massengo (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 0 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · James CollinsCardiff City
  • 31'Goal · James CollinsCardiff City · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Chris MartinBristol City · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 63'Goal · Chris MartinBristol City · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Cameron PringBristol City
  • 77'Goal · Andreas WeimannBristol City · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Max WattersCardiff City · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 4, draws 0, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

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Bristol City line-up (3-4-3)

Max O'Leary, Tomas Kalas, Rob Atkinson, Cameron Pring, Alex Scott, Andy King, Han-Noah Massengo, Callum O'Dowda, Chris Martin, Antoine Semenyo, Andreas Weimann

Cardiff City line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Smithies, Mark McGuinness, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Cody Drameh, Tommy Doyle, Marlon Pack, Joe Ralls, Perry Ng, Mark Harris, James Collins