Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Sheffield Wednesday · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Sheffield Wednesday were beaten by Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Sunday 29 December 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Robert Glatzel opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goal came from Tom Lees (18'). Cardiff City scored through Robert Glatzel (5') and Junior Hoilett (8').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 4th on 39 points from 24 and Cardiff City 11th on 34 points from 24. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.1), ahead of Tom Lees (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 6 draws and 2 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Robert GlatzelCardiff City · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Junior HoilettCardiff City · 0-2
  • 18'Goal · Tom LeesSheffield Wednesday · 1-2
  • 51'Yellow card · K. HarrisSheffield Wednesday
  • 61'Yellow card · Junior HoilettCardiff City
  • 67'Yellow card · J. RichardsCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 2, draws 6, Cardiff City 2.

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cameron Dawson, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Tom Lees, Morgan Fox, Sam Hutchinson, Barry Bannan, Jacob Murphy, Adam Reach, Kadeem Harris, Sam Winnall

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

Neil Etheridge, Jazz Richards, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Robert Glatzel