English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 27, 2018
Cardiff City LLLLW 1
–
Liverpool DLDWW 4
1st2ndT
CAR011
LIV134
Anfield · 53,373 att.

Match Report

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Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane star as Liverpool beat Cardiff to go top

Sadio Mane scored a brace and Mohamed Salah continued his return to form as Liverpool beat Cardiff to go top of the Premier League.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
20.4
Possession
79.6
2
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
122
Accurate Passes
727
207
Passes
818
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
24
0.0
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
37
14
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
20
Interceptions
6
41
Effective Clearances
11
41
Clearances
11

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 9Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  8. 3FabinhoRM
  9. 11Mohamed SalahF
  10. 10Sadio ManéAM-L
  11. 20Adam LallanaAM-R

CAR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 22Sol BambaCD-L
  3. 4Sean MorrisonCD-R
  4. 3Joe BennettLB
  5. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
  6. 17Aron GunnarssonCM-L
  7. 21Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  8. 11Josh MurphyLM
  9. 33Junior HoilettRM
  10. 13Callum PatersonF
  11. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidRCF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Liverpool 1, Cardiff City 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  2. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Adam Lallana.
  3. 66' Goal! Liverpool 2, Cardiff City 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.
  5. 73' Substitution, Cardiff City. Loïc Damour replaces Aron Gunnarsson.
  6. 74' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kadeem Harris replaces Josh Murphy.
  7. 77' Goal! Liverpool 2, Cardiff City 1. Callum Paterson (Cardiff City) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  8. 83' Substitution, Cardiff City. Kenneth Zohore replaces Bobby Reid.
  9. 84' Goal! Liverpool 3, Cardiff City 1. Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  10. 87' Goal! Liverpool 4, Cardiff City 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball following a fast break.

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