English League Championship

FT Sunday, May 6, 2018
Reading WLDLL 0
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Cardiff City LWWLW 0
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Match Report

Cardiff return to Premier League as Neil Warnock earns eighth promotion

Cardiff return to Premier League as Neil Warnock earns eighth promotion

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
0
46.1
Possession
53.9
1
SHOTS
16
0
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
145
Accurate Passes
165
241
Passes
280
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
79
12
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
77
Effective Clearances
11
77
Clearances
11

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CAR · 4-3-3

  1. 25Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 8Joe RallsCM
  7. 21Craig BrysonLM
  8. 18Callum PatersonRM
  9. 10Kenneth ZohoreF
  10. 33Junior HoilettLF
  11. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaSUB
  2. 24Marko GrujicSUB
  3. 29Jamie WardSUB
  4. 28Brian MurphySUB
  5. 13Anthony PilkingtonSUB
  6. 6Jazz RichardsSUB
  7. 44Gary MadineSUB

REA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vito MannoneG
  2. 6Liam MooreCD-L
  3. 3Tommy ElphickCD-R
  4. 2Chris GunterLB
  5. 20Tiago IloriRB
  6. 4Joey van den BergCM
  7. 16David EdwardsLM
  8. 19Leandro BacunaRM
  9. 23Jón BödvarssonF
  10. 17Modou BarrowLF
  11. 14Sone AlukoRF

Substitutes

  1. 31Anssi JaakkolaSUB
  2. 8George EvansSUB
  3. 5Paul McShaneSUB
  4. 38Liam KellySUB
  5. 10John SwiftSUB
  6. 27Chris MartinSUB
  7. 18Yann KermorgantSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Tommy Elphick (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Substitution, Reading. Liam Kelly replaces Tiago Ilori because of an injury.
  3. 58' David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 70' Substitution, Reading. Yann Kermorgant replaces Jón Dadi Bödvarsson.
  5. 74' Yann Kermorgant (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 78' Substitution, Cardiff City. Jamie Ward replaces David Junior Hoilett.
  7. 84' Substitution, Reading. Paul McShane replaces Sone Aluko.
  8. 86' Substitution, Cardiff City. Gary Madine replaces Kenneth Zohore.

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