Burnley 3-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023

Result

Burnley 3-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Burnley · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Burnley 3-0 Cardiff City: match report

Burnley beat Cardiff City 3-0 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Josh Brownhill opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Burnley's goals came from Josh Brownhill (27'), A. Barnes (31') and Scott Twine (57'). Cardiff City did not score.

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

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 98 points from 45 and Cardiff City 22nd on 49 points from 45. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 101 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Barnes of Burnley (8.1), ahead of Scott Twine (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Josh BrownhillBurnley · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · A. BarnesBurnley · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · C. RobertsBurnley
  • 57'Goal · Scott TwineBurnley · 3-0
  • 64'Yellow card · M. RomeoCardiff City
  • 87'Yellow card · P. NgCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 6, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ian Maatsen, Josh Brownhill, Josh Cullen, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Scott Twine, Anass Zaroury, Ashley Barnes

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

Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Mark McGuinness, Jack Simpson, Perry Ng, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ryan Wintle, Sheyi Ojo, Rubin Colwill, Jaden Philogene, Connor Wickham