Cardiff City 3-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 3 March 2009

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Barnsley

Championship · Tuesday 3 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Cardiff City · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-1 Barnsley: match report

Cardiff City won against Barnsley 3-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 3 March 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Joe Ledley opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Joe Ledley (4'), Michael Chopra (43') and Peter Whittingham (88'). Barnsley scored through J. Macken (62').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 7th on 53 points from 32 and Barnsley 18th on 39 points from 33. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Barnsley 20th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Joe LedleyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Andranik Timotian-SamaraniBarnsley
  • 36'Yellow card · Eddie JohnsonCardiff City
  • 43'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · J. MackenBarnsley · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Stephen FosterBarnsley
  • 65'Second yellow · Andranik Timotian-SamaraniBarnsley
  • 65'Yellow card · M. MifsudBarnsley
  • 88'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 1, Barnsley 0.