Craig Bellamy's winner at the KP Stadium saw City re-open a three point gap over Hull who had gone level with City on Friday night.
The win extended City's lead over Leicester to 10 points and thanks to some other excellent results saw Cardiff enjoy a great pre Christmas Saturday.
While City were winning at Leicester, Mllwall were losing at home to Barnsley and Middlesbrough were losing at Leeds Utd.
The evening game between Crystal Palace and Huddersfield produced a 1-1 draw with both sides having players sent off. Damien Delaney for Palace, who will miss the Boxing Day game at CCS, while the Huddersfield red card went to former Bluebird Anthony Gerrard.
The full results from the day and the current table are below:
Birmingham 2 - 2 Burnley Blackburn P - P Brighton Ipswich 1 - 1 Bristol City Leeds United 2 - 1 Middlesbrough Leicester 0 - 1 Cardiff Millwall 1 - 2 Barnsley Peterborough 5 - 4 Bolton Sheff Wed 2 - 0 Charlton Watford 2 - 0 Nottm Forest Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Huddersfield #TeamPlWDLFAPts+/- 1 Cardiff City 23 15 2 6 44 28 47 16 2 Hull City 23 14 2 7 35 27 44 8 3 Crystal Palace 23 12 7 4 44 29 43 15 4 Middlesbrough 23 13 2 8 40 31 41 9 5 Leicester City 23 11 4 8 37 22 37 15 6 Watford 23 11 4 8 41 31 37 10 7 Millwall 24 10 7 7 37 33 37 4 8 Leeds United 23 10 5 8 35 36 35 -1 9 Brighton and Hove Albion 23 8 10 5 31 23 34 8 10 Derby County 23 9 6 8 36 34 33 2 11 Nottingham Forest 23 8 9 6 30 28 33 2 12 Blackpool 23 8 8 7 40 33 32 7 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 9 4 10 31 30 31 1 14 Burnley 23 8 6 9 36 39 30 -3 15 Huddersfield Town 23 8 6 9 29 36 30 -7 16 Bolton Wanderers 23 7 8 8 36 37 29 -1 17 Blackburn Rovers 22 7 8 7 29 31 29 -2 18 Charlton Athletic 23 7 8 8 28 30 29 -2 19 Birmingham City 23 6 8 9 30 37 26 -7 20 Ipswich Town 23 6 6 11 23 44 24 -21 21 Sheffield Wednesday 23 6 3 14 27 40 21 -13 22 Barnsley 23 5 6 12 23 36 21 -13 23 Bristol City 23 5 4 14 33 46 19 -13 24 Peterborough United 23 6 1 16 30 44 19 -14
Source: Cardiff City Online
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