Blackburn Rovers conquers Cardiff City 1-0 with a goal scored by J. Rothwell. HIGHLIGHTS

CARDIFF. Blackburn Rovers prevails over Cardiff City 1-0 after J. Rothwell scored just 1 goal (14').

January 16, 2022

CARDIFF. Blackburn Rovers tops Cardiff City 1-0 after J. Rothwell scored just 1 goal (14′). Cardiff City was much better in terms of ball possession (66%).

Blackburn Rovers remained in 10 after R. Nyambe received a double yellow card in the 76′. Still, Blackburn Rovers still managed to win this encounter playing only in 10.

The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium stadium in Cardiff on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue who was helped by Philip Dermott and Paul Hodskinson. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.6 degrees Celsius or 45.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.

Match Statistics

Cardiff City

0 - 1

Blackburn Rovers

! 66 Ball Possession 34

Shots

10 Total 4
5 On Target 2
5 Off Target 2
0 Shots blocked 0

137 Attack 92
73 Dangerous attack 20
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2

Fouls

10 Total 13
4 Yellow Cards 7
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Cardiff City had a superior ball possession 66% while Blackburn Rovers was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cardiff City was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Blackburn Rovers managed to find the solution to win this match.

Cardiff City shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards (C. Drameh, P. Ng, J. Collins and M. Pack). Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers received 6 yellow cards (J. P. van Hecke, L. Travis, D. Lenihan, R. Nyambe, S. Gallagher and T. Kaminski).

Also, Blackburn Rovers didn’t end the match with 11 players after R. Nyambe (Blackburn Rovers) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (76′).

Match Timeline

14'

41'

42'

50'

56'

P. Ng- Yellow

59'

66'

Sam Gallagher- sub ->R. Khadra

66'

72'

76'

R. Colwill- sub ->C. Drameh

78'

79'

85'

90'

Sam Gallagher- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Cardiff City will stay with 23 points like Hull City to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will have 49 points like AFC Bournemouth to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Cardiff City will play away against Bristol City on the 22nd of January with a 14-7 head to head in favor of Cardiff City (4 draws).

Blackburn Rovers will host Middlesbrough on the 24th of January with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (11 draws).

Cardiff City – Formation

Cardiff City

Alex Smithies 25.England

6.3

Aden Flint 5.England

6.5

Curtis Nelson 16.England

7.4

P. Ng 38.England

6.2

59'

M. McGuinness 2.Republic of Ireland

6.1

Cody Drameh 17.England

6.2

78'

41'

J. Ralls 8.England

7.6

Will Vaulks 6.Wales

6.8

66'

R. Wintle 15.England

7.0

James Collins 19.Republic of Ireland

6.5

72'

Mark Harris 29.Wales

7.0

66'

Substitutes

Dillon Phillips 1.England

Thomas Sang 28.England

Sean Morrison 4.England

Joel Bagan 3.England

R. Colwill 27.Wales

6.3

78'

Marlon Pack 21.England

7.0

66'

90'

I. Davies 39.Wales

6.9

66'

Cardiff City started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Steve Morison decided to play with the following team: Alex Smithies (6.3), Cody Drameh (6.2), Mark McGuinness (6.1), Aden Flint (6.5), Curtis Nelson (7.4), Perry Ng (6.2), Will Vaulks (6.8), Ryan Wintle (7.0), Joe Ralls (7.6), James Collins (6.5) and Mark Harris (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Sang, Sean Morrison, Isaak Davies (6.9), Dillon Phillips, Rubin Colwill (6.3), Joel Bagan and Marlon Pack (7.0).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 4 changes: W. Vaulks for M. Pack (66′), M. Harris for I. Davies (66′), C. Drameh for R. Colwill (78′) and C. Drameh for R. Colwill (78′).

Best player: Joe Ralls

The most impressive player for Cardiff City was Joe Ralls.

His rating is (7.6) with 69 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 16 crosses.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers

Thomas Kaminski 1.Belgium

7.0

90'

Darragh Lenihan 26.Republic of Ireland

7.4

56'

S. Wharton 16.England

7.1

Jan Paul van Hecke 25.Netherlands

7.4

42'

Lewis Travis 27.England

6.3

85'

50'

Tayo Edun 20.England

7.2

Ryan Nyambe 2.Namibia

6.3

76'

Joe Rothwell 8.England

7.6

14'

J. Buckley 21.England

7.0

Reda Khadra 7.Germany

6.4

66'

Ben Brereton 22.Chile

6.5

79'

Substitutes

A. Pears 13.England

Daniel Ayala 5.Spain

6.6

79'

J. Rankin-Costello 11.England

Bradley Johnson 4.England

6.3

85'

Jacob Davenport 6.England

Sam Gallagher 9.England

6.8

66'

90'

Daniel Butterworth 14.England

Blackburn Rovers started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Tony Mowbray played with: Thomas Kaminski (7.0), Darragh Lenihan (7.4), Jan Paul van Hecke (7.4), Scott Wharton (7.1), Ryan Nyambe (6.3), Joe Rothwell (7.6), Lewis Travis (6.3), Adetayo Edun (7.2), John Buckley (7.0), Reda Khadra (6.4) and Ben Brereton Díaz (6.5).

They had on the bench: Daniel Ayala (6.6), Sam Gallagher (6.8), Joe Rankin-Costello, Aynsley Pears, Bradley Johnson (6.3), Daniel Butterworth and Jacob Davenport.