Cardiff City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers

Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cardiff City · Queens Park Rangers · Championship predictions

Cardiff City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Queens Park Rangers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Sinclair Armstrong opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Ike Ugbo (78'). Queens Park Rangers scored through Sinclair Armstrong (34') and Kenneth Paal (65').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards.

Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Queens Park Rangers 18th with 56.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sinclair Armstrong of Queens Park Rangers (8.3), ahead of Ryan Wintle (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Queens Park Rangers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Ebou AdamsCardiff City
  • 27'Yellow card · Sinclair ArmstrongQueens Park Rangers
  • 34'Goal · Sinclair ArmstrongQueens Park Rangers · 0-1
  • 65'Goal · Kenneth PaalQueens Park Rangers · 0-2
  • 78'Goal · Ike UgboCardiff City · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Josh BowlerCardiff City
  • 90'Yellow card · Albert AdomahQueens Park Rangers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 1, Queens Park Rangers 6.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jimmy DunneQueens Park Rangers · injury (Shoulder Injury)

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Dimitrios Goutas, Callum O'Dowda, Ryan Wintle, Ebou Adams, Josh Bowler, Aaron Ramsey, Karlan Grant, Iké Ugbo

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Asmir Begović, Osman Kakay, Steve Cook, Morgan Fox, Kenneth Paal, Andre Dozzell, Sam Field, Paul Smyth, Lyndon Dykes, Ilias Chair, Sinclair Armstrong