English League Championship

FT Friday, March 30, 2018
Burton Albion LLDLL 1
–
Cardiff City WWWWW 3
1st2ndT
BRT101
CAR213
Cardiff City Stadium · 21,086 att.

Match Report

Cardiff can smell the Premier League after beating Burton

Cardiff can smell the Premier League after beating Burton

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
3
57.5
Possession
42.5
11
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
155
386
Passes
273
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
65
12
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.2
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
5
11
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
12
28
Clearances
12

Head to Head

CAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

CAR · 4-3-3

  1. 25Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  6. 24Marko GrujicCM
  7. 21Craig BrysonLM
  8. 18Callum PatersonRM
  9. 10Kenneth ZohoreF
  10. 33Junior HoilettLF
  11. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Brian MurphySUB
  2. 2Lee PeltierSUB
  3. 17Aron GunnarssonSUB
  4. 29Jamie WardSUB
  5. 13Anthony PilkingtonSUB
  6. 35Yanic WildschutSUB
  7. 44Gary MadineSUB

BRT · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Stephen BywaterG
  2. 5Kyle McFadzeanCD-L
  3. 15Tom NaylorCD-R
  4. 12Tom FlanaganLB
  5. 2John BrayfordRB
  6. 7Luke MurphyCM-L
  7. 4Jamie AllenCM-R
  8. 11Lloyd DyerLM
  9. 17Marvin SordellRM
  10. 9Darren BentF
  11. 27Liam BoyceRCF

Substitutes

  1. 26Joe SbarraSUB
  2. 23Jake BuxtonSUB
  3. 6Ben TurnerSUB
  4. 24Harry CampbellSUB
  5. 19Jacob DavenportSUB
  6. 29Tomas EgertSUB
  7. 20Martin SamuelsenSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Craig Bryson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Burton Albion 0. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Junior Hoilett with a cross.
  3. 21' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Burton Albion 1. Darren Bent (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lloyd Dyer.
  4. 37' Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Cardiff City 2, Burton Albion 1. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore with a headed pass.
  6. 47' Kyle McFadzean (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Goal! Cardiff City 3, Burton Albion 1. Callum Paterson (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Bryson.
  8. 67' Substitution, Cardiff City. Aron Gunnarsson replaces Craig Bryson.
  9. 69' Substitution, Burton Albion. Jacob Davenport replaces Liam Boyce.
  10. 71' Substitution, Cardiff City. Gary Madine replaces Kenneth Zohore.
  11. 76' Substitution, Burton Albion. Tomas Egert replaces John Brayford.
  12. 82' Substitution, Burton Albion. Joe Sbarra replaces Darren Bent.
  13. 85' Substitution, Cardiff City. Yanic Wildschut replaces Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.

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