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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 28 (setup 1, season 26)
Cardiff City
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno17Christian WETKLO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Ander MURILLO García28Daniel SCHWAAB
Vladimír WEISS3Marcel SCHÄFER
Jack COLLISON4Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH
Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno757Per MERTESACKER
Alexander MERKEL68André HOFFMANN
Phil McGRATH77Stefan AIGNER
Pablo Daniel PIATTI78Leonardo BITTENCOURT
GÖKHAN Ünal97Mike HANKE
Gianluca CAPRARI10Nils PETERSEN
Dudley CAMPBELL11Jan SCHLAUDRAFF
Manager
Joe CARDLE12Jan ROSENTHAL
RENAN Brito Soares13Julian SCHUSTER
Andrea CARACCIOLO148Alexander MEIER
Manuele BLASI15OSVALDO Lourenço Filho
Lee LUCAS616Sead KOLASINAC

Cardiff City 0 Sunderland 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 25,477, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 6)
Scorers42 Petersen
70 Lugano <=> LucasSubstitutions63 Aigner <=> Meier
Sendings off
33 McGrath, 59 LuganoBookings21 Mertesacker, 89 Bittencourt
3Corners1
14Fouls6
0Offsides0
3Shots on5
4Shots off10
7Total shots15
2Shots saved3
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Marcel SCHÄFER
1GÖKHAN shot wide.
7PIATTI's header was well saved by WETKLO.
9PETERSEN beat MERKEL and fired the ball to BITTENCOURT who fired his shot wide.
19Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled AIGNER to thump the ball wide.
21MERTESACKER booked for dangerous play.
26The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from SCHLAUDRAFF.
33The ref yellow cards MCGRATH.
36The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from SCHMIEDEBACH.
37MERTESACKER brought the ball round MURILLO and rifled a tame shot well wide.
40A great effort from HANKE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
41A useful ball from MERKEL on the right was collected by GÖKHAN who sliced his shot over the bar.
42GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled PETERSEN to nudge the ball home. (1-0 Sunderland)
 
54HANKE stabbed a simple chance past the near post.
57A great save prevented MURILLO from scoring a lovely goal.
58The bemused IRAIZOZ could only watch as a backpass from PIATTI fell just over.
59MCGRATH was put clear by PIATTI and he pulled away from the 'keeper but glanced his shot just wide.
59The ref books LUGANO for dangerous play against SCHWAAB.
61HANKE made space on the left and knocked the ball to BITTENCOURT who touched the ball over.
66A tame strike from BITTENCOURT bounced agonisingly wide.
69A twenty-five yard shot from BITTENCOURT caused the Cardiff City 'keeper no problem.
71A accurate pass bobbled toward BITTENCOURT and his left foot effort raced narrowly wide.
81MERTESACKER snapped at an easy chance.
83The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Sunderland's BITTENCOURT.
85MCGRATH floated the ball to PIATTI who headed it inches wide.
88CAPRARI worked the ball to COLLISON, PIATTI gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of WETKLO.
89BITTENCOURT cautioned for a poor challenge.