English League Championship

Cardiff City vs Charlton Athletic, 2015-16 English League Championship, 2015/2016 English League Championship

· English League Championship
  • 53': Joe Mason
  • 76': Sean Morrison
FT
2 - 1
  • 49': Karlan Grant

Sean Morrison sends Cardiff soaring with winner to down Charlton

Sean Morrison sends Cardiff soaring with winner to down Charlton

Match Timeline

  • 41': Joe Mason (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Karlan Ahearne-Grant replaces Zakarya Bergdich.
  • 46': Naby Sarr (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Goal! Cardiff City 0, Charlton Athletic 1. Karlan Ahearne-Grant (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tony Watt with a cross.
  • 53': Goal! Cardiff City 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Malone.
  • 59': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Conor McAleny replaces Mikhail Kennedy.
  • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Sammy Ameobi replaces Kenwyne Jones.
  • 75': Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  • 76': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Charlton Athletic 1. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
  • 85': Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Joe Mason.
  • 86': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Franck Moussa replaces Ahmed Kashi.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Kenwyne Jones (Cardiff City) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Morrison following a corner.
  • 9': Foul by Naby Sarr (Charlton Athletic).
  • 9': Kenwyne Jones (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Cousins.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 17': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Matthew Connolly.
  • 18': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Kenwyne Jones.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross.
  • 23': Offside, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls tries a through ball, but Joe Mason is caught offside.
  • 25': Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
  • 25': Mikhail Kennedy (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 28': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Kagisho Dikgacoi (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Mason.
  • 34': Ahmed Kashi (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Fabio (Cardiff City).
  • 35': Offside, Cardiff City. Sean Morrison tries a through ball, but Anthony Pilkington is caught offside.
  • 35': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Cousins tries a through ball, but Tony Watt is caught offside.
  • 36': Hand ball by Joe Mason (Cardiff City).
  • 37': Attempt saved. Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zakarya Bergdich.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Mason.
  • 40': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Nick Pope.
  • 41': Joe Mason (Cardiff City) has gone down, but that's a dive.
  • 41': Joe Mason (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Joe Mason.
  • 45': Foul by Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic).
  • 45': Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabio.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Charlton Athletic 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Cardiff City 2, Charlton Athletic 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Cardiff City 0, Charlton Athletic 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Karlan Ahearne-Grant replaces Zakarya Bergdich.
  • 46': Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 46': Foul by Naby Sarr (Charlton Athletic).
  • 46': Naby Sarr (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Peter Whittingham following a set piece situation.
  • 49': Goal! Cardiff City 0, Charlton Athletic 1. Karlan Ahearne-Grant (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tony Watt with a cross.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tony Watt.
  • 53': Goal! Cardiff City 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Malone.
  • 57': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sean Morrison.
  • 59': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Conor McAleny replaces Mikhail Kennedy.
  • 60': Foul by Fabio (Cardiff City).
  • 60': Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Morgan Fox.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 62': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Simon Moore.
  • 63': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Kenwyne Jones.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Naby Sarr (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
  • 64': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Ahmed Kashi tries a through ball, but Jordan Cousins is caught offside.
  • 67': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Patrick Bauer.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Kenwyne Jones (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
  • 68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Sammy Ameobi replaces Kenwyne Jones.
  • 69': Offside, Cardiff City. Scott Malone tries a through ball, but Joe Mason is caught offside.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Mason.
  • 72': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Cousins.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
  • 73': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Jordan Cousins.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
  • 75': Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  • 76': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
  • 76': Goal! Cardiff City 2, Charlton Athletic 1. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
  • 79': Offside, Cardiff City. Craig Noone tries a through ball, but Joe Mason is caught offside.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Joe Mason (Cardiff City) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Scott Malone with a cross.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Conor McAleny (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 85': Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Joe Mason.
  • 85': Foul by Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic).
  • 85': Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Franck Moussa replaces Ahmed Kashi.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Tony Watt (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Morgan Fox with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Conor McAleny (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Cardiff City 2, Charlton Athletic 1.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 5
4 Corner Kicks 9
3 Saves 6
40.7 Possession 59.3
13 SHOTS 20
7 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
295 Accurate Passes 463
385 Passes 552
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
8 Accurate Crosses 9
12 Crosses 31
0.7 Cross % 0.3
59 Long Balls 69
18 Accurate Long Balls 44
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 7
14 Effective Tackles 12
21 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
0 Interceptions 0
18 Effective Clearances 4
22 Clearances 6

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Attendance: 13,980

Line-Ups

CAR Cardiff City (4-4-2)

No. Name
21 Simon Moore (GK)
16 Matthew Connolly
4 Sean Morrison
28 Scott Malone
3 Fabio
7 Peter Whittingham
15 Kagisho Dikgacoi
8 Joe Ralls
13 Anthony Pilkington
9 Kenwyne Jones
10 Joe Mason Yellow Card

CHA Charlton Athletic (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
30 Nick Pope (GK)
6 Naby Sarr Yellow Card
5 Patrick Bauer
21 Morgan Fox
20 Chris Solly
8 Jordan Cousins
3 Ahmed Kashi
19 Zakarya Bergdich
31 Mikhail Kennedy
32 Tony Watt
7 Jóhann Gudmundsson

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