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

· English League Championship

Charlton Athletic

FT
0 - 0

Cardiff City

90'+6': Sammy Ameobi

Charlton and Cardiff share points in Valley stalemate

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
2': Attempt missed. Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
3': Foul by Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic).
3': Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt blocked. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
5': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Matthew Connolly.
6': Attempt missed. Harry Lennon (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
8': Dangerous play by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
8': Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Hand ball by Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton Athletic).
10': Offside, Cardiff City. David Marshall tries a through ball, but Stuart O'Keefe is caught offside.
11': Fabio (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
13': Offside, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls tries a through ball, but Anthony Pilkington is caught offside.
13': Foul by Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic).
13': Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Attempt missed. Fabio (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stuart O'Keefe.
15': Attempt missed. Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross.
17': Foul by Harry Lennon (Charlton Athletic).
17': Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Foul by Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic).
22': Foul by Scott Malone (Cardiff City).
22': Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
25': Foul by Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic).
25': Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Attempt blocked. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
28': Offside, Cardiff City. Matthew Connolly tries a through ball, but Anthony Pilkington is caught offside.
28': Foul by Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City).
28': Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box.
34': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Bruno Ecuele Manga.
36': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Johnnie Jackson.
37': Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross following a corner.
38': Attempt missed. Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Morgan Fox.
39': Attempt saved. Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Cousins.
40': Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
40': Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
42': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Anthony Pilkington.
42': Attempt missed. Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
43': Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
43': Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Foul by Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic).
44': Attempt missed. Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
45': Foul by Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
45': Morgan Fox (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sammy Ameobi.
45'+2': First Half ends, Charlton Athletic 0, Cardiff City 0.
0': Match ends, Charlton Athletic 0, Cardiff City 0.
45': Second Half begins Charlton Athletic 0, Cardiff City 0.
45': Substitution, Cardiff City. Lee Peltier replaces Fabio.
46': Foul by Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic).
46': Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
48': Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48': Offside, Cardiff City. Scott Malone tries a through ball, but Anthony Pilkington is caught offside.
50': Attempt saved. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a through ball.
50': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Stephen Henderson.
51': Attempt missed. Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
54': Attempt blocked. Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
56': Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Scott Malone with a cross.
56': Foul by Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic).
56': Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Foul by Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic).
58': Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt missed. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Lawrence.
60': Foul by Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic).
60': Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Attempt missed. Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Morgan Fox with a cross.
63': Delay in match Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) because of an injury.
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Chris Solly.
65': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. El-Hadji Ba replaces Johnnie Jackson because of an injury.
65': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Jordan Cousins tries a through ball, but Zakarya Bergdich is caught offside.
67': Attempt saved. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
67': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Stephen Henderson.
68': Substitution, Cardiff City. Federico Macheda replaces Stuart O'Keefe.
69': Foul by Federico Macheda (Cardiff City).
69': Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Delay in match Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) because of an injury.
70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Attempt blocked. Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
72': Attempt blocked. Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Yaya Sanogo replaces Jordan Cousins because of an injury.
74': Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
75': Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Diego Poyet replaces Reza Ghoochannejhad.
78': Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Peter Whittingham.
78': Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Harry Lennon (Charlton Athletic).
79': Zakarya Bergdich (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
79': Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
79': Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Attempt saved. Zakarya Bergdich (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo with a headed pass.
82': Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Bruno Ecuele Manga.
84': Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
84': Jorge Teixeira (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Offside, Charlton Athletic. Jorge Teixeira tries a through ball, but Simon Makienok is caught offside.
86': Attempt saved. Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
86': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Stephen Henderson.
87': Attempt blocked. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Makienok.
87': Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
87': Lee Peltier (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
88': Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sammy Ameobi.
88': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Harry Lennon.
89': Attempt missed. Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
90': Attempt blocked. Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.
90'+1': Corner, Cardiff City. Conceded by Morgan Fox.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Tom Lawrence (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Ralls.
90'+3': Attempt blocked. Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.
90'+3': Foul by El-Hadji Ba (Charlton Athletic).
90'+3': Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Diego Poyet (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Foul by Federico Macheda (Cardiff City).
90'+6': Foul by Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City).
90'+6': Harry Lennon (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Second yellow card to Sammy Ameobi (Cardiff City).
90'+7': Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 0, Cardiff City 0.

Statistics

CAR		CHA
10	Fouls	17
0	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	2
8	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	3
52.3	Possession	47.7
18	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
248	Accurate Passes	218
345	Passes	316
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
6	Accurate Crosses	6
29	Crosses	23
0.2	Cross %	0.3
76	Long Balls	67
28	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
5	Blocked Shots	6
12	Effective Tackles	10
15	Tackles	14
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
23	Effective Clearances	26
36	Clearances	36

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Valley
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,755

Line-Ups

Charlton Athletic (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Stephen Henderson (GK)
26	Harry Lennon
50	Jorge Teixeira
21	Morgan Fox
20	Chris Solly
4	Johnnie Jackson
8	Jordan Cousins
19	Zakarya Bergdich
16	Reza Ghoochannejhad
9	Simon Makienok
7	Jóhann Gudmundsson

Charlton Athletic Substitutes:

Diego Poyet, Yaya Sanogo, Roger Johnson, Nick Pope, Naby Sarr, Ademola Lookman, El-Hadji Ba.

Cardiff City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	David Marshall (GK)
16	Matthew Connolly
5	Bruno Ecuélé Manga
28	Scott Malone
3	Fabio
8	Joe Ralls
22	Stuart O'Keefe
7	Peter Whittingham
38	Sammy Ameobi
37	Tom Lawrence
13	Anthony Pilkington

Cardiff City Substitutes:

Lex Immers, Federico Macheda, Kenneth Zohore, Lee Peltier, Aron Gunnarsson, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Simon Moore.

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