English League Championship

FT Saturday, January 30, 2016
Cardiff City WLLWD 3
–
Huddersfield Town DWDLL 2
1st2ndT
CAR123
HUD112
Accu Stadium · 11,002 att.

Match Report

Peter Whittingham free-kick settles five-goal thriller in Cardiff's favour

Peter Whittingham free-kick settles five-goal thriller in Cardiff's favour

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
38.2
Possession
61.8
7
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
385
330
Passes
522
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
3
3
Crosses
18
0.7
Cross %
0.2
90
Long Balls
96
31
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
11
23
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HUD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jed SteerG
  2. 33Joel LynchCD-L
  3. 14Martin CranieCD-R
  4. 3Jason DavidsonLB
  5. 22Kyle DempseyRB
  6. 8Jamie PatersonAM
  7. 16Emyr HuwsLM
  8. 6Jonathan HoggRM
  9. 21Nahki WellsF
  10. 17Harry BunnAM-L
  11. 10Karim MatmourAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Dean WhiteheadSUB
  2. 13Joe MurphySUB
  3. 29Philip BillingSUB
  4. 36Florent BojajSUB
  5. 34William BoyleSUB
  6. 19Duane HolmesSUB
  7. 15James HusbandSUB

CAR · 4-4-1-1

  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. 38Sammy AmeobiRM
  10. 27Lex ImmersF
  11. 13Anthony PilkingtonRCF

Substitutes

  1. 21Simon MooreSUB
  2. 24Kadeem HarrisSUB
  3. 15Kagisho DikgacoiSUB
  4. 20Gabriel TamasSUB
  5. 19Alex RevellSUB
  6. 14Federico MachedaSUB
  7. 17Aron GunnarssonSUB

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Cardiff City 1. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington.
  2. 40' Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Cardiff City 1. Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.
  3. 52' Joel Lynch (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Dean Whitehead replaces Emyr Huws because of an injury.
  6. 61' Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Cardiff City 2. Lex Immers (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sammy Ameobi.
  7. 69' Substitution, Cardiff City. Federico Macheda replaces Anthony Pilkington.
  8. 73' Fabio (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  9. 76' Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 77' Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Lex Immers.
  11. 79' Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Cardiff City 3. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  12. 86' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Florent Bojaj replaces Kyle Dempsey.
  13. 89' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kagisho Dikgacoi replaces Stuart O'Keefe.
  14. 89' Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+2' Goal! Huddersfield Town 2, Cardiff City 3. Harry Bunn (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nahki Wells with a through ball.

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