English League Championship

FT Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Cardiff City DWLWW 0
–
Brighton & Hove Albion WWWLW 1
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American Express Stadium · 26,688 att.

Match Report

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Tomer Hemed helps Brighton return to top of Championship

Tomer Hemed's second-half piledriver helped Brighton beat Cardiff 1-0 and return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
4
33.7
Possession
66.3
9
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
135
Accurate Passes
370
238
Passes
470
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
63
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
39
Effective Clearances
39
39
Clearances
39

Head to Head

CAR leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 18Connor GoldsonRB
  6. 20Solly MarchAM
  7. 7Biram KiyalLM
  8. 6Dale StephensRM
  9. 10Tomer HemedF
  10. 15Jamie MurphyAM-L
  11. 11Anthony KnockaertAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Steve SidwellSUB
  2. 21Oliver NorwoodSUB
  3. 4Uwe HünemeierSUB
  4. 8Jiri SkalakSUB
  5. 1Niki MäenpääSUB
  6. 29Richard TowellSUB
  7. 42Rob HuntSUB

CAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 15Greg HalfordDM
  5. 6Jazz RichardsLB
  6. 2Lee PeltierRB
  7. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  8. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-R
  9. 33Junior HoilettLM
  10. 24Kadeem HarrisRM
  11. 26Kenneth ZohoreF

Substitutes

  1. 37Rhys HealeySUB
  2. 11Craig NooneSUB
  3. 19Rickie LambertSUB
  4. 23Matthew KennedySUB
  5. 7Peter WhittinghamSUB
  6. 16Matthew ConnollySUB
  7. 28Brian MurphySUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood replaces Beram Kayal.
  3. 73' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Cardiff City 0. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Norwood.
  4. 79' Substitution, Cardiff City. Rhys Healey replaces Greg Halford.
  5. 79' Substitution, Cardiff City. Craig Noone replaces Junior Hoilett.
  6. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Solly March.
  7. 89' Substitution, Cardiff City. Peter Whittingham replaces Joe Ralls.
  8. 90' Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jiri Skalak replaces Anthony Knockaert.

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