Cardiff City 3-1 Millwall: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Millwall

Championship · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cardiff City · Millwall · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 3-1 Millwall: match report

Cardiff City won against Millwall 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Aden Flint opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Aden Flint (66'), Aden Flint (70') and S. Morrison (83'). Millwall scored through Benik Afobe (76').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards; Millwall received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 9th on 5 points from 3 and Millwall 20th on 2 points from 3. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Millwall 9th with 69.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Millwall in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aden Flint of Cardiff City (9.4), ahead of Sean Morrison (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 7 draws and 1 for Millwall.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · Aden FlintCardiff City
  • 64'Yellow card · Ryan GilesCardiff City
  • 65'Yellow card · Jake CooperMillwall
  • 66'Goal · Aden FlintCardiff City · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Aden FlintCardiff City · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Benik AfobeMillwall · 2-1
  • 83'Goal · S. MorrisonCardiff City · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · C. NelsonCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 7, Millwall 1.

Team news

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

Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Tom Sang, Marlon Pack, Joe Ralls, Joel Bagan, Rubin Colwill, Kieffer Moore, Mark Harris

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

Bartosz Białkowski, Dan Ballard, Murray Wallace, Jake Cooper, Mahlon Romeo, George Evans, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Scott Malone, George Saville, Jed Wallace, Benik Afobe