English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 21, 2019
Liverpool WWWWW 2
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Cardiff City WLLLW 0
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Cardiff City Stadium · 33,082 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool go top after Wijnaldum, Milner goals down Cardiff

Liverpool returned to the top of the table with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Cardiff thanks to goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and a James Milner.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
10
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
4
76.1
Possession
23.9
17
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
535
Accurate Passes
106
619
Passes
193
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.5
8
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
64
21
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.2
3
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
29
17
Clearances
29

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 3Joe BennettLB
  6. 2Lee PeltierRB
  7. 8Joe RallsCM-L
  8. 21Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  9. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingLM
  10. 33Junior HoilettRM
  11. 29Oumar NiasseF

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 5Georginio WijnaldumCM
  7. 8Naby KeitaLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 57' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Liverpool 1. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  2. 67' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Oumar Niasse.
  3. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. Fabinho replaces Naby Keita.
  4. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Fabinho because of an injury.
  5. 79' Substitution, Cardiff City. Leandro Bacuna replaces Joe Ralls because of an injury.
  6. 80' Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 81' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Liverpool 2. James Milner (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 83' Substitution, Cardiff City. Josh Murphy replaces David Junior Hoilett.
  9. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  10. 90'+1' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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