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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 39 (setup 1, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
RENAN Brito Soares716Ollie CHENOWETH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno52Justin HOYTE
Philippe SENDEROS37Ryan CONROY
Jeff HENDRICK74Abel Enrique AGUILAR Tapias
Jores OKORE75Tommy ELPHICK
Ander MURILLO García766Kai BÜLOW
Zakarya BERGDICH67Lee CROFT
Vladimír WEISS787Marc PUGH
GÖKHAN Ünal697Ishmael MILLER
Andrea CARACCIOLO106Dean WHITEHEAD
Junior HOILETT11Danny HAYNES
Manager
Joe CARDLE12Ben WATSON
YOEL Rodríguez Oterino13Matt DERBYSHIRE
Dudley CAMPBELL147Joe MARTIN
Alexander MERKEL15Andy KEOGH
Manuele BLASI16Stephen McMANUS

Cardiff City 4 Bristol Rovers 1
(Half-time: 4-1, Attendance: 18,736, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Kenny STAMATOPOULOS 7½)
8 Hendrick, 12p Gökhan, 26 Senderos, 32 HendrickScorers34 Miller
75 Lugano <=> BlasiSubstitutions47 Hoyte <=> Martin
Sendings off
85 BergdichBookings
5Corners5
8Fouls17
3Offsides5
5Shots on5
10Shots off8
15Total shots13
1Shots saved4
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Abel Enrique AGUILAR Tapias
1HOILETT beat CROFT and drilled the ball to GÖKHAN who toe-poked his effort wide.
4A good ball from CARACCIOLO on the right found GÖKHAN who scuffed his effort wide.
8GOAL!! As PUGH was trying to hold back CARACCIOLO the ball fell to HENDRICK who placed the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Cardiff City)
12GOAL!! A foul on HOILETT inside the area gave Cardiff City a penalty which GÖKHAN scored.
19WHITEHEAD chipped the ball to PUGH who turned it inches over.
22An exceptional effort from GÖKHAN scraped the upright.
26GOAL!! A GÖKHAN run down the right resulted in an exceptional cross for SENDEROS to drill in. (3-0 Cardiff City)
32GOAL!! Cardiff City's HENDRICK beat three defenders before firing just inside CHENOWETH's righthand post. (4-0 Cardiff City)
34GOAL!! A quick-witted MILLER pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (4-1 Cardiff City)
38LUGANO beat four Bristol Rovers players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
 
51CHENOWETH did well to hold onto an amazing strike from SENDEROS.
57The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BERGDICH dropped just wide.
63SENDEROS was put clear by HOILETT and he pulled away from CHENOWETH but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
64PUGH turned BERGDICH but hit the ball into the arms of the Cardiff City 'keeper.
69A cross from CROFT left PUGH in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
71RENAN managed to block a powerful effort.
72CARACCIOLO shot wide.
85BERGDICH cautioned for a poor foul on ELPHICK.
86A shot from CONROY seemed a certain goal but the Cardiff City 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
88A accurate pass fell to PUGH and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
90+1A penalty box scramble resulted in MARTIN knocking a low shot wide.
90+1A mix up in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled HENDRICK to hammer an effort over.