Match summary
Cardiff beat Blackburn 2-1 on the road. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Yousef Salech put Cardiff ahead with a header in the 4th minute, Yuki Ohashi equalised with a header in the 16th minute, and Yakou Méïté won it with a header in the 73rd minute.
The chances backed that up: Cardiff created 0.87 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Blackburn's 0.48 from 8.
Before kick-off
Blackburn win
49%
Avg odds 1.94
Draw
28%
Avg odds 3.39
Cardiff win
23%
Avg odds 4.18
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.