English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 20, 2016
Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWD 1
–
Cardiff City WDWDD 4
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CAR314
Cardiff City Stadium · 14,143 att.

Match Report

Peter Whittingham's brace boosts Cardiff beyond Brighton

Peter Whittingham's brace boosts Cardiff beyond Brighton

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
56.1
Possession
43.9
8
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
403
Accurate Passes
309
522
Passes
422
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
28
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.2
91
Long Balls
82
47
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
10
8
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
24
12
Clearances
28

Head to Head

BHA leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

CAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David MarshallG
  2. 16Matthew ConnollyCD-L
  3. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-R
  4. 28Scott MaloneLB
  5. 3FabioRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  7. 22Stuart O'KeefeCM-R
  8. 7Peter WhittinghamLM
  9. 37Tom LawrenceRM
  10. 27Lex ImmersCF-L
  11. 13Anthony PilkingtonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Kagisho DikgacoiSUB
  2. 39Idriss SaadiSUB
  3. 36Deji OshilajaSUB
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonSUB
  5. 2Lee PeltierSUB
  6. 21Simon MooreSUB
  7. 26Kenneth ZohoreSUB

BHA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 17Connor GoldsonCD-R
  4. 6Dale StephensDM
  5. 14Iñigo CalderónLB
  6. 2BrunoRB
  7. 36Steve SidwellCM-L
  8. 8Andrew CroftsCM-R
  9. 38Jiri SkalakLM
  10. 27Anthony KnockaertRM
  11. 25Bobby ZamoraF

Substitutes

  1. 3Gordon GreerSUB
  2. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  3. 9Sam BaldockSUB
  4. 7Biram KiyalSUB
  5. 15Jamie MurphySUB
  6. 23Liam RoseniorSUB
  7. 10Tomer HemedSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matthew Connolly.
  3. 19' Goal! Cardiff City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lex Immers.
  4. 30' Goal! Cardiff City 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Lex Immers (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Steve Sidwell.
  6. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Liam Rosenior replaces Íñigo Calderón.
  7. 55' Goal! Cardiff City 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Dale Stephens (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jiri Skalak with a cross.
  8. 56' Substitution, Cardiff City. Lee Peltier replaces Fabio because of an injury.
  9. 66' Goal! Cardiff City 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Sam Baldock replaces Bobby Zamora.
  11. 72' Liam Rosenior (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 74' Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  13. 85' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Tom Lawrence.

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