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Blackburn Rovers vs Cardiff City. Sky Bet Championship.
3:00pm, Saturday 10th October 2026.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City at Ewood Park on Saturday; Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell fire Tony Mowbray's side to a second successive home victory
Sunday 11 October 2026 14:46, UK
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City.
Blackburn made it back-to-back home wins with a battling 2-1 victory over Cardiff in the Championship.
Tony Mowbray's side were ruthless in front of goal in the first half with two chances yielding two goals against a team enjoying the lion's share of possession.
Andri Gudjohnsen gave Rovers the lead with a composed finish just before the half hour and Todd Cantwell doubled the advantage 10 minutes later with a shot that Bluebirds goalkeeper Nathan Trott will be disappointed not to have saved.
Image: Todd Cantwell scored Blackburn's second goal
The visitors got a foothold back in just after the break through Callum Robinson's first of the campaign but, despite failing to notch a third, Blackburn created enough to do so and deservedly held on to move into the top half of the table.
The game settled into the expected pattern with Cardiff enjoying possession and Blackburn hoping to press a mistake.
After an uneventful opening, that approach paid dividends in the 28th minute when the visitors lost the ball and a through ball to Cantwell was cleared into the path of Gudjohnsen 12 yards out who coolly lashed home his fourth league goal of the season.
Rovers clinically doubled that advantage 10 minutes later when Dapo Afolayan's incisive ball set Ryoya Morishita free on the right and he delivered a low cross for Cantwell whose first-time shot squirmed in despite Trott getting a hand on it.
The Bluebirds needed inspiration and got it in the 53rd minute when Jack Moylan skilfully picked up the loose ball in midfield and charged beyond Sean McLoughlin before squaring for Robinson to slot into the bottom left corner.
It created a chaotic last half hour with chances at both ends. Substitute Jayden Fevrier went agonisingly close in the 64th minute with his first contribution after latching on to Cantwell's pass and rounding Trott but Dylan Lawlor got back to clear.
At the other end, a poor pass allowed Chris Willock to race forward but his weight of pass deserted him when a stronger ball would have put Robinson in.
Fevrier then saw a shot saved by the legs of Trott and from the corner, the Cardiff keeper produced a stunning reflex stop to parry away McLoughlin's near-post header.
Cardiff's best hope lay with Moylan and he danced inside from the left in the 76th minute only to see his goalbound shot deflected wide by Hayden Carter.
The returning Augustus Kargbo almost made the game safe 10 minutes from the end but Trott's outstretched leg diverted his rasping shot away.
Trott palmed away a rising Cantwell effort in stoppage time before Cardiff substitute Isaak Davies headed over in the dying seconds, extinguishing their hopes of an equaliser.
Blackburn's Tony Mowbray:
"He [Gudjohnsen] is pretty rounded centre forward. Decent with his body, he can hold the ball up, win flick-ons, knows where the back of the net is, he plays between the sticks, so he can link with the rest of the team that want to run forward and join with him.
"But he wants to score goals, he wants to play between the sticks. With total respect, the other two centre forwards who have got really good legs, athleticism, want to run down channels and stuff. I think Andri is more interested in scoring goals.
"Every team needs a centre forward who gets numbers, that make us wins. He's got to strive to get to 20 goals this season and hopefully beyond that.
"Happy with him, delighted that he scored again. He scored a few early in the international break, scored again today, he scored early season for us as well. I like Andri, a really, really good football player. A stereotypical centre forward who knows where the back of the net is."
Cardiff's Brian Barry-Murphy:
"Even when we were seemingly in control in the first half, it wasn't to the levels that we want. We didn't have enough control of the game. We play an aggressive game, and we go for it, create a lot of chances.
"We didn't create enough chances in the first half, we didn't have a shot on goal. We showed signs of what we can do in the second half but at this moment, it only heightens the frustration at the levels we produced in the first half.
"First goal was offside but we're not looking for excuses today. We have to look at ourselves. Have to do better than we did in the first half, be more aggressive with how we play the game.
"We showed clear signs in the second half of the team we want to be and can be. We have to take it on the chin the fact we weren't good enough today. We could and should have scored more goals in the second half but when you play like we did in the first half, you leave yourself open to having that uphill struggle."
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