Cardiff City 2-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 2 October 2012

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Tuesday 2 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Birmingham City: match report

Cardiff City beat Birmingham City 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 2 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Craig Bellamy (39') and M. Hudson (57'). Birmingham City scored through L. Lita (54').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 16 points from 8 and Birmingham City 14th on 11 points from 8. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Birmingham City 10th with 64.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · M. HudsonCardiff City
  • 54'Goal · L. LitaBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Curtis DaviesBirmingham City
  • 57'Goal · M. HudsonCardiff City · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Craig BellamyCardiff City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 2, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Joe Mason, Heidar Helguson, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson

Birmingham City line-up

Jack Butland, Steven Caldwell, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Spector, Will Packwood, C. Burke, Wade Elliott, Keith Fahey, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Leroy Lita, Paul Robinson