English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 22, 2018
Manchester United DDWLL 5
–
Cardiff City LWLWL 1
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CAR101
Cardiff City Stadium · 33,028 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United win in style in first game since Jose Mourinho sacking

Goals from Marcus Rashford, Ander Herrera, Anthony Martial and a Jesse Lingard double secured a 5-1 win for Manchester United against Cardiff.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
4
74.3
Possession
25.7
17
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
554
Accurate Passes
137
640
Passes
209
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
46
25
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
13
14
Effective Clearances
15
14
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MAN leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

CAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 17Aron GunnarssonDM
  5. 18Greg CunninghamLB
  6. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  7. 7Harry ArterCM-L
  8. 21Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  9. 11Josh MurphyLM
  10. 33Junior HoilettRM
  11. 13Callum PatersonF

Substitutes

  1. 2Lee PeltierSUB
  2. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidSUB
  3. 19Nathaniel Mendez-LaingSUB
  4. 23Kadeem HarrisSUB
  5. 12Alex SmithiesSUB
  6. 8Joe RallsSUB
  7. 10Kenneth ZohoreSUB

MAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 2Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 23Luke ShawLB
  5. 18Ashley YoungRB
  6. 31Nemanja MaticCM
  7. 6Paul PogbaLM
  8. 21Ander HerreraRM
  9. 10Marcus RashfordF
  10. 11Anthony MartialLF
  11. 14Jesse LingardRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Marouane FellainiSUB
  2. 8Juan MataSUB
  3. 20Diogo DalotSUB
  4. 3Eric BaillySUB
  5. 17FredSUB
  6. 22Sergio RomeroSUB
  7. 15Andreas PereiraSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Manchester United 1. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 29' Goal! Cardiff City 0, Manchester United 2. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  3. 35' Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Manchester United 2. Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 41' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Manchester United 3. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
  6. 57' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Manchester United 4. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 58' Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 61' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Harry Arter.
  9. 74' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces David Junior Hoilett.
  10. 79' Greg Cunningham (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Marcus Rashford.
  12. 83' Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  13. 87' Substitution, Manchester United. Andreas Pereira replaces Anthony Martial.
  14. 87' Substitution, Manchester United. Marouane Fellaini replaces Nemanja Matic.
  15. 90' Goal! Cardiff City 1, Manchester United 5. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.

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