Charlton Athletic 5-4 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 6 November 2012

Result

Charlton Athletic 5-4 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 6 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Charlton Athletic 5-4 Cardiff City: match report

Charlton Athletic defeated Cardiff City 5-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 6 November 2012. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Heidar Helguson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Johnnie Jackson (39'), Johnnie Jackson (45+2'), Dale Stephens (54'), Danny Haynes (59') and Rob Hulse (65'). Cardiff City scored through Heidar Helguson (4'), Joe Mason (24'), Craig Noone (90+2') and A. Gunnarsson (90+5').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 21st on 14 points from 14 and Cardiff City 1st on 28 points from 14. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Heidar HelgusonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Joe MasonCardiff City · 0-2
  • 31'Yellow card · B. PritchardCharlton Athletic
  • 39'Goal · Johnnie JacksonCharlton Athletic · 1-2
  • 43'Yellow card · Matthew ConnollyCardiff City
  • 45+2'Goal · Johnnie JacksonCharlton Athletic · 2-2
  • 54'Goal · Dale StephensCharlton Athletic · 3-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Michael MorrisonCharlton Athletic
  • 59'Goal · Danny HaynesCharlton Athletic · 4-2
  • 60'Yellow card · A. TaylorCardiff City
  • 65'Goal · Rob HulseCharlton Athletic · 5-2
  • 72'Yellow card · C. SollyCharlton Athletic
  • 82'Yellow card · Ben TurnerCardiff City
  • 86'Yellow card · Dale StephensCharlton Athletic
  • 90+2'Goal · Craig NooneCardiff City · 5-3
  • 90+5'Goal · A. GunnarssonCardiff City · 5-4

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Charlton Athletic 2, draws 1, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Matthew Connolly, Peter Whittingham, D. Cowie, Kerim Frei, Craig Noone, Joe Mason, Heidar Helguson, Mark Hudson