Cardiff City 1-2 Peterborough United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2012

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Peterborough United

Championship · Saturday 15 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 1-2 Peterborough United: match report

Cardiff City lost to Peterborough United 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 15 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Michael Bostwick opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Rudy Gestede (89'). Peterborough United scored through Michael Bostwick (21') and Dwight Gayle (47').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 1st on 44 points from 21 and Peterborough United 24th on 13 points from 21. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Peterborough United 22nd with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Peterborough United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Michael BostwickPeterborough United
  • 20'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City
  • 21'Goal · Michael BostwickPeterborough United · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Heidar HelgusonCardiff City
  • 44'Yellow card · Don CowieCardiff City
  • 45'Yellow card · N. Knight-PercivalPeterborough United
  • 47'Goal · Dwight GaylePeterborough United · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniPeterborough United
  • 89'Goal · Rudy GestedeCardiff City · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Lee TomlinPeterborough United
  • 90'Yellow card · Ben TurnerCardiff City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Cardiff City 2, draws 1, Peterborough United 1.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Craig Conway, Craig Noone, Heidar Helguson, Craig Bellamy

Peterborough United line-up

Robert Olejnik, Gabriel Zakuani, Mark Little, Michael Bostwick, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Joe Newell, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, George Thorne, Dwight Gayle, Lee Tomlin