Cardiff – Blackburn 1–0

	1H	2H	T
C	1	0	1
BLA	0	0	0

Match report

Cardiff beat Blackburn 1–0 at Cardiff Stadium in Championship. Schmidt opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Cardiff have 3 wins in their last 5, while Blackburn have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Schmidtassist Nielsen

33'

2H

⇄Martin↓ Costa

70'

⇄B. Tóth↓ D. De Neve

Costa

79'

Tom Atcheson

⇄Haas↓ Schmidt

89'

⇄A. Pears↓ N. Dlamini

Momentum

C

⚽

BLA

Match info

TournamentChampionship · England

Kick-offApr 27, 2022 · 20:00

VenueCardiff Stadium

Attendance43,001 / 44,793 (96%)

RefereeS. Guida (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#16·

#5

Where to watch

Sky Sports

Statistics

54Ball possession %46

1Expected goals (xG)0.5

11Total shots11

5Shots on target4

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

6Corner kicks5

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

0Red cards1

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Romano

7.9

Lineups

C 4-3-37.11Formation7.244-3-3 BLA

16.6Novak 27.5Hansen 37.0Ferrari 46.3Silva 56.9García 67.3Moreau 77.9Romano 87.1Pereira 96.4Nielsen 107.3Costa 117.9Schmidt

Cardiff

Coach: L. Fischer · 4-3-3

1Novak6.6 2Hansen7.5 3Ferrari7.0 4Silva6.3 5García6.9 6Moreau7.3 7Romano7.9 8Pereira7.1 9Nielsen6.4 10Costa7.3 11Schmidt7.9

Blackburn

Coach: D. Costa · 4-3-3

5T. Gardner-Hickman7.3

10T. Cantwell7.7

14D. De Neve6.9

14N. Dlamini6.9

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97:45	+52	95	WWDLW
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80:47	+33	84	WWWWD
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64:49	+15	83	WWWWD
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82:56	+26	80	LWWWD
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72:47	+25	80	DLWWW
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70:66	+4	73	WDDLL
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69:65	+4	71	WDDLW
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67:59	+8	69	DLLLW
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63:56	+7	65	WDLLL
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57:56	+1	64	DLLLW
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57:59	-2	64	LWWWD
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59:59	0	62	WWDDL
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66:66	0	60	LLLWW
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55:62	-7	60	LLWWD
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61:73	-12	58	LWWWD
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53:65	-12	57	LLWWD
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51:56	-5	55	LLWWD
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49:64	-15	55	WDDLL
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44:58	-14	53	LLWWD
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42:56	-14	52	LWWDL
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48:58	-10	51	WDDLL
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45:59	-14	47	WWDDL
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58:68	-10	46	LWDDD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29:89	-60	0	DLLLL