Cardiff City 0-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Cardiff City 0-1 AFC Bournemouth

Championship · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · AFC Bournemouth · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 0-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Cardiff City lost to AFC Bournemouth 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Philip Billing of AFC Bournemouth in the 54th minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 9th on 11 points from 7 and AFC Bournemouth 2nd on 15 points from 7. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and AFC Bournemouth 2nd with 88.

Cardiff City lined up in a 5-4-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Smith of AFC Bournemouth (7.8), level with Jefferson Lerma (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Ryan ChristieAFC Bournemouth
  • 36'Yellow card · Mark HarrisCardiff City
  • 45+1'Yellow card · C. NelsonCardiff City
  • 52'Yellow card · J. LermaAFC Bournemouth
  • 54'Goal · Philip BillingAFC Bournemouth · 0-1
  • 88'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 88'Yellow card · Adam SmithAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 2.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (5-4-1)

Dillon Phillips, Tom Sang, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Ciaron Brown, Leandro Bacuna, Will Vaulks, Marlon Pack, Mark Harris, Kieffer Moore

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Travers, Adam Smith, Gary Cahill, Lloyd Kelly, Jordan Zemura, Jefferson Lerma, Ben Pearson, Philip Billing, Ryan Christie, Dominic Solanke, Jaidon Anthony