English League Championship

FT Sunday, November 26, 2017
Cardiff City DWLWW 2
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Nottingham Forest WLWLW 0
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CAR202
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The City Ground · 25,210 att.

Match Report

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Junior Hoilett and Danny Ward strike as Cardiff beat Nottingham Forest

Cardiff maintained their hoodoo over Nottingham Forest as Neil Warnock's side notched up a fourth consecutive victory at the City Ground.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
8
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
31.4
Possession
68.6
9
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
154
Accurate Passes
437
252
Passes
549
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.1
49
Long Balls
64
18
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
33
42
Clearances
33

Head to Head

CAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 43Jordan SmithG
  2. 4Michael MancienneCD-L
  3. 42Joe WorrallCD-R
  4. 6Armand TraoreLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 20Kieran DowellAM
  7. 11Ben OsbornLM
  8. 24David VaughanRM
  9. 9Daryl MurphyF
  10. 10Barrie McKayAM-L
  11. 34Tyler WalkerAM-R

CAR · 4-5-1

  1. 25Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 14Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  6. 20Loïc DamourCM-L
  7. 21Craig BrysonCM-R
  8. 8Joe RallsAM
  9. 33Junior HoilettLM
  10. 18Callum PatersonRM
  11. 9Daniel WardF

Timeline

  1. 14' Armand Traore (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Cardiff City 1. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Sean Morrison with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  3. 38' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Cardiff City 2. Danny Ward (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Callum Paterson with a headed pass.
  4. 66' Callum Paterson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 68' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Barrie McKay.
  6. 78' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matthew Cash replaces Ben Osborn.
  7. 78' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton replaces Daryl Murphy.
  8. 79' Substitution, Cardiff City. Lee Peltier replaces Sol Bamba because of an injury.
  9. 82' Substitution, Cardiff City. Greg Halford replaces Craig Bryson because of an injury.
  10. 85' Substitution, Cardiff City. Frédéric Gounongbe replaces Danny Ward.
  11. 87' Frédéric Gounongbe (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.

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