Ipswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008

Result

Ipswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Ipswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Ipswich Town lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.

Jay Bothroyd opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Ipswich Town's goal came from Jon Stead (42'). Cardiff City scored through Jay Bothroyd (9') and Gábor Gyepes (26').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Ipswich Town were 11th on 31 points from 22 and Cardiff City 6th on 34 points from 22. Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Gábor GyepesCardiff City · 0-2
  • 42'Goal · Jon SteadIpswich Town · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Ben ThatcherIpswich Town
  • 68'Second yellow · Ben ThatcherIpswich Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Owen GarvanIpswich Town
  • 90'Yellow card · Pim BalkesteinIpswich Town

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Ipswich Town 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 2.