The Severnside Derby between Cardiff City and Bristol City F.C. has produced 113 competitive meetings since 1920. Cardiff edge the overall series with 48 wins to Bristol’s 39, while 26 matches have ended level.
City’s largest victory came in September 2007 when they routed the Robins 4–0 at Ninian Park; Bristol’s biggest reply was a 5–1 League Cup rout at Ashton Gate in August 1967.
In the last decade the clubs have faced off 20 times across the Championship and domestic cups. Cardiff have taken 9 wins, Bristol 7, with 4 draws, scoring 28 and 25 goals respectively.
The average goals per fixture in that span stand at 2.65, underscoring the typically tight nature of the rivalry.
Home advantage has mattered: Cardiff have lost only twice in 10 home league encounters since 2010, while Bristol have gone unbeaten in 6 of their last 8 fixtures at Ashton Gate.
Clean sheets are rare—just 9 in the last 40 league meetings—highlighting both sides’ attacking instincts under derby pressure.
Key player numbers:
– Peter Whittingham tops scorers in modern fixtures with 5 derby goals for Cardiff between 2008-2015.
– Famara Diédhiou is Bristol’s leading marksman in the 2010s with 4.
– Lee Tomlin has the unusual record of scoring for both clubs in the derby, netting 2 for Bristol and 1 for Cardiff.
Discipline is another storyline: the last 10 matches produced 38 yellow cards and 3 reds, averaging 4.1 cards per game, evidence of the fixture’s feisty edge.
As of the 2023-24 season, the clubs sit 7 league places and 11 points apart, but history shows form counts for little once the Severn Bridge is crossed. Expect goals, cards, and another chapter in one of English football’s most passionate regional rivalries.
