English Premier League

FT Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Cardiff City LWLLL 2
–
Brighton & Hove Albion WLLLL 0
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American Express Stadium · 30,226 att.

Match Report

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Cardiff win at Brighton to give hope of avoiding Premier League relegation

Cardiff City earned a Premier League lifeline when they won 2-0 at Brighton and Hove Albion on Tuesday to close within two points of safety.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
36.1
Possession
63.9
10
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
185
Accurate Passes
403
302
Passes
520
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
59
16
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
9
29
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
24
Interceptions
8
32
Effective Clearances
16
32
Clearances
16

Head to Head

CAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 30BernardoLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 13Pascal GrossAM
  7. 24Davy PropperLM
  8. 6Dale StephensRM
  9. 17Glenn MurrayF
  10. 20Solly MarchAM-L
  11. 16Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Gaëtan BongSUB
  2. 19José IzquierdoSUB
  3. 9Jürgen LocadiaSUB
  4. 27David ButtonSUB
  5. 10Florin AndoneSUB
  6. 33Dan BurnSUB
  7. 7Biram KiyalSUB

CAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 2Lee PeltierRB
  6. 21Víctor CamarasaAM
  7. 8Joe RallsLM
  8. 17Aron GunnarssonRM
  9. 29Oumar NiasseF
  10. 33Junior HoilettAM-L
  11. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Leandro BacunaSUB
  2. 32Rhys HealeySUB
  3. 23Kadeem HarrisSUB
  4. 11Josh MurphySUB
  5. 28Brian MurphySUB
  6. 10Kenneth ZohoreSUB
  7. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Cardiff City 1. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by David Junior Hoilett.
  2. 50' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Cardiff City 2. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Víctor Camarasa following a set piece situation.
  3. 54' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Florin Andone replaces Pascal Groß.
  4. 55' Substitution, Cardiff City. Leandro Bacuna replaces Aron Gunnarsson because of an injury.
  5. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. José Izquierdo replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
  6. 79' Joe Bennett (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
  8. 85' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Oumar Niasse.

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