English League Championship

FT Friday, April 28, 2017
Newcastle United WLDLW 2
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Cardiff City DWLWD 0
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Cardiff City Stadium · 23,153 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle keep Championship title hopes alive with win at Cardiff

Newcastle kept their Championship title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory at Cardiff.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
58.3
Possession
41.7
14
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
388
Accurate Passes
237
483
Passes
337
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
76
25
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
4
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
20
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
17
37
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NEW leads series 4-1

Lineups

CAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 15Greg HalfordDM
  5. 3Joe BennettLB
  6. 6Jazz RichardsRB
  7. 7Peter WhittinghamCM-L
  8. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  9. 24Kadeem HarrisLM
  10. 33Junior HoilettRM
  11. 26Kenneth ZohoreF

Substitutes

  1. 2Lee PeltierSUB
  2. 19Rickie LambertSUB
  3. 28Brian MurphySUB
  4. 16Matthew ConnollySUB
  5. 11Craig NooneSUB
  6. 13Anthony PilkingtonSUB
  7. 8Joe RallsSUB

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 21Robert ElliotG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 18Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 4Jack ColbackCM-L
  7. 14Isaac HaydenCM-R
  8. 30Christian AtsuLM
  9. 17Ayoze PérezRM
  10. 33Daryl MurphyF
  11. 15Mohamed DiaméRCF

Substitutes

  1. 7Achraf LazaarSUB
  2. 12Jonjo ShelveySUB
  3. 20Yoan GouffranSUB
  4. 19Massadio HaidaraSUB
  5. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  6. 42Jamie SterrySUB
  7. 26Karl DarlowSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Kadeem Harris because of an injury.
  2. 55' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Newcastle United 1. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 63' Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Greg Halford.
  4. 64' Substitution, Cardiff City. Anthony Pilkington replaces Peter Whittingham.
  5. 65' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Newcastle United 2. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
  6. 66' Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Daryl Murphy.
  7. 73' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey replaces Jack Colback.
  8. 79' Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamie Sterry replaces Ayoze Pérez.

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