Match Centre: Blackburn Rovers vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Joel Bagan 8.0
GolVolt rating 3.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 38' Cantwell, 2:0-
35% → 87%
Blackburn Rovers: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 91.
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16 → 13
Blackburn Rovers climb 3 places in the table. Cardiff City stay in place 21.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:0, from 62% to 82% (Blackburn Rovers).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+6' · 2:1Blackburn Rovers 87%draw 12%Cardiff City 1%
90+6' · 2:1xG Blackburn Rovers 1.48xG Cardiff City 1.04
90+6' · 2:1Last 10 minutes: level (8:9 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 84′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 84′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.8more watchable than 38% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 28' Goal: Andri Gudjohnsenright foot1:0
- 38' Goal: Todd Cantwellleft foot · assist: Morishita2:0
- Half-time · 2:0
- 53' Goal: Callum Robinsonright foot · assist: Moylan2:1
- 60' SubstitutionWillock for Ashford
- 63' SubstitutionBaradji for Gudjohnsen
- 64' SubstitutionFevrier for Morishita
- 71' 2 substitutionsDavies for RobinsonTurnbull for Colwill
- 74' SubstitutionKargbo for Afolayan
- 78' 2 substitutionsKpakio for BaganScanlon for Lawlor
- 83' SubstitutionGarrett for Montgomery
- 90+6' Todd Cantwellyellow card · foul
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Blackburn Rovers
- 1 Aynsley Pears GK —
- 6 Tom Atcheson DEF —
- 27 Gady Beyuku DEF —
- 39 Harvey Pates DEF —
- 14 Dion De Neve MID —
- 24 Moussa Baradji MID on
- 30 Jake Garrett MID on
- 7 Augustus Kargbo ATT on
- 11 Jayden Fevrier ATT on
Cardiff City
- 30 Harry Tyrer GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF —
- 23 Calum Scanlon DEF on
- 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF on
- 14 David Turnbull MID on
- 16 Chris Willock MID on
- 43 Paul Ujobolo Moreno MID —
- 50 Charlie Holt MID —
- 39 Isaak Davies ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Ewood Park, Blackburn
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cardiff City Joel Bagan
- 2. place · Blackburn Rovers Todd Cantwell
- 3. place · Blackburn Rovers Kristi Montgomery
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers · 2 out
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Lewis Miller Injured
since 15 Feb · until 15 Nov · 28 matches missed · Achilles tendon rupture
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Scott Wharton Injured
since 4 Nov 2025 · return date unknown · 49 matches missed · Achilles tendon problems
Cardiff City
No absences listed.
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.