Under-23 Development football

Cardiff City 0, Bristol City 2

The young Bluebirds slipped to defeat in their Under-23 Development League Severnside derby.

Goals from Jonny Smith (14 mins) and Diego De Girolamo (66) earned Bristol City victory at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff now have one match left at Development level this season and that is against Watford away on Wednesday, May 3 (2pm).

They have gone six matches without a win, although four of those fixtures ended in draws. Cardiff’s last victory was 7-1 against Watford at home when James Waite scored four goals in just over half an hour.

The Bluebirds used three substitutes, sending on Jordan Blaise, Cai Williams and Ben Margetson.

Their best chance of the match came when Cameron Coxe shot just wide after 65 minutes and at that stage the visitors were only 1-0 ahead.

Cardiff City: Ratcliffe, Young (Williams 77), Abbruzzese, Wootton (B Margetson 77), Bodenham, Makinson, Coxe, Humphries (Blaise 64), Waite, Veale, Spence. Subs not used: Byrne, Sharif.