Blackburn Rovers — Cardiff City 2:1, 10 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 9 Saturday 10 October · 14:00 UTC

Blackburn Rovers 10th · 15 pts WLWWD

2 : 1 1st half 2:0

Cardiff City 19th · 10 pts WDWLW

Ewood Park · referee A. Backhouse

Match predictionSafe

Cardiff City to lose by two at most

93% · Cardiff City games average 3.6 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Cardiff City to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 2:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Blackburn Rovers 45% draw 25% Cardiff City 30%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Blackburn Rovers win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Blackburn Rovers win — they got it right.

fans 80 votes

Blackburn Rovers 55% draw 14% Cardiff City 31%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Gudjohnsen 1-0 28'

T. Cantwell assist: R. Morishita 2-0 38'

C. Robinson assist: J. Moylan 2-1 53'

T. Cantwell 90+6'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Blackburn Rovers 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Cardiff City

Balázs Tóth  
Ryan Alebiosu  17 Hayden Carter  15 Sean McLoughlin  3 Harry Pickering  
Sam Morsy  31 Kristi Montgomery  
Ryoya Morishita  10 Todd Cantwell  21 Oladapo Afolayan  
Andri Guðjohnsen  

Callum Robinson  
Ollie Tanner  27 Joel Colwill  45 Cian Ashford  
Alex Robertson  8 Jack Moylan  
Perry Ng  48 Dylan Lawlor  4 Gabriel Osho  3 Joel Bagan  
Nathan Trott  

Blackburn Rovers bench

7Augustus Kargbo
1Aynsley Pears
14Dion De Neve
27Gady Beyuku
39Harvey Pates
30Jake Garrett
11Jayden Fevrier
24Moussa Baradji
6Tom Atcheson

Cardiff City bench

23Calum Scanlon
50Charlie Holt
16Chris Willock
14David Turnbull
30Harry Tyrer
39Isaak Davies
43Paul Moreno
44Ronan Kpakio
2William Fish

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

41%Possession59%

17Shots10

8Shots on target1

5Shots off target4

4Blocked shots5

13Shots inside box8

4Shots outside box2

100Attacks101

48Dangerous attacks56

11Corners6

4Offsides1

9Fouls6

1Yellow cards0

0Saves5

327Passes465

240Accurate passes385

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Blackburn Rovers

Cardiff CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City met on matchday 9 of the Championship on 10 October at Ewood Park. Final score — 2:1.

Blackburn Rovers sit 10th on 15 points after 6 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). Cardiff City sit 19th on 10 points after 6 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Blackburn Rovers last five Cardiff City

WLWWD form WDWLW

6 Matches 6

4 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 1 — 2

12 — 7 Scored — conceded 12 — 7

2.17 Points per game 1.67

2 Goals scored per game 2

2 Clean sheets 1

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Blackburn Rovers at home: 3 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 7—2, 3 points per match.

Cardiff City away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 3—5, 0.33 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Sheffield United	12	4	4	4	16—15	16
12	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	3	4	17—16	15
13	Millwall	12	4	3	5	19—20	15
…
19	Lincoln City	11	3	3	5	9—19	12
20	Cardiff City	11	2	5	4	18—17	11
21	Watford	11	3	2	6	10—19	11

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