Cardiff City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 7 July 2020

Result

Cardiff City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 7 July 2020, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Cardiff City · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 2-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Cardiff City lost to Blackburn Rovers 2-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 7 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.

Will Vaulks opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Will Vaulks (14') and Robert Glatzel (41'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Danny Graham (22'), Dominic Samuel (46') and Adam Armstrong (70').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 64 points from 41 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 56 points from 41. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Armstrong of Blackburn Rovers (7.7), ahead of Will Vaulks (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 0 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Will VaulksCardiff City · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Danny GrahamBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Robert GlatzelCardiff City · 2-1
  • 46'Goal · Dominic SamuelBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 70'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 0.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Smithies, Dion Sanderson, Sean Morrison, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Will Vaulks, Junior Hoilett, Joe Ralls, Josh Murphy, Robert Glatzel

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Joe Rankin-Costello, Lewis Travis, Stewart Downing, Bradley Johnson, Dominic Samuel, Danny Graham, Adam Armstrong