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Cardiff City

vs Burnley. Sky Bet Championship.

7: 45pm, Tuesday 4th March 2025.

Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: Attendance15, 713.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff City and Burnley at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday night; Scott Parker's Clarets close on leaders in promotion race but finally concede after 12 league clean sheets. Tuesday 4 March 2025 23: 39, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Burnley conceded a Championship goal for the first time in 13 games but kept the heat on Leeds and Sheffield United by winning 2-1 at Cardiff. Josh Brownhill and Maxime Esteve grabbed first-half goals as the Clarets moved to within two points of the automatic promotion places. Yousef Salech ended Burnley's remarkable defensive record before the break with a firm header. Salech became the first player to score against Scott Parker's side in the league since Watford forward Kwadwo Baah on December 21, only the 10th goal Burnley have conceded in 35 games. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player It meant Manchester United's record 14-game league run without conceding between November 2008 and February 2009 remains intact. Cardiff remain five points above the relegation zone after suffering their first home defeat of 2025. Burnley bared their attacking teeth as early as the second minute when Jaidon Anthony fired straight at Ethan Horvath in the Cardiff goal.

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But it was a relatively quiet opening until the 19th minute when Hannibal Mejbri played a one-two with Anthony down the left and Brownhill volleyed in at the near post, the midfielder's 11th goal of the season helped by a deflection off Perry Ng's thigh. Burnley appeared in cruise control but were given a warning when Salech stuck out a foot to reach Callum O'Dowda's cross and the ball bounced away off an upright. Zian Flemming, unmarked and heading wide a superb Josh Cullen cross, and Anthony after a swift transition, had chances to double the lead before Esteve duly did after 40 minutes. Anthony's deep cross caught Cardiff sleeping and Flemming headed back for Esteve to slide home his first goal for the Clarets. Given Burnley's defensive record the contest looked done and dusted, but the visitors were finally breached after 1, 132 minutes of Championship action. O'Dowda beat Connor Roberts in a 50-50 challenge and the ball ran free for Joel Bagan to deliver and Salech headed his fifth goal since arriving from Swedish club Sirius in January. Burnley were almost affronted by conceding and began the second half with a determination to kill off Cardiff. Horvath stood firm to deny Marcus Edwards and Cullen, while Calum Chambers escaped sanction for his robust challenge on Brownhill inside the penalty area. Cardiff had scored a late leveller at home to Bristol City recently and dominated the closing stages. Alex Robertson ambitiously attempted to embarrass James Trafford from 50 yards and the goalkeeper had to backpedal swiftly before taking the ball on his chest. Salech stretched to meet Callum Robinson's cross and hit the woodwork for the second time, his header clipping the top of the crossbar. Will Fish also prodded wide from close range in stoppage time, but Burnley held on to close the gap on their Yorkshire rivals. Cardiff's Omer Riza: "You can't give away goals the way we did. It was poor, we were not sharp enough in those moments. "We scored the goal and that gave us a lifeline. We tried to get after them a little bit more and I thought we were better than them second half. "We had our chances against a good side that don't concede goals, but the bottom line is we don't pick up any points. "I'm disappointed because I thought we were worth a point but we gave ourselves too much to do. " Burnley's Scott Parker: It's a shame we conceded, but the most important thing is we won. "We pride ourselves on being rock solid but our main focus is on winning games. "I was surprised with the way it (Cardiff goal) went in. It was a little bit uncharacteristic, we were sloppy turning the ball over in that area. "We'll see where we can fix that, but overall I'm immensely proud of the team. "I'm pleased with the three points. We gave them a bit of hope with the goal, but at the end you need resilience and the ability to dig in and we had that. "I thought the energy was impressive. We looked like a proper team who understood their roles. At times you have to grind and dig in and get the results. " The £250, 000 is up for grabs with Super 6, and as always it is completely free to play. Entries by 3pm Saturday.

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