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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 34 (setup 1, season 25)
Preston North End
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Gerónimo RULLI16Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Aleandro ROSI27Diego Alfredo LUGANO Moreno
Cheikh M'BENGUE83Adam DRURY
Jonjo SHELVEY4Roberto SORIANO
Tony JANTSCHKE5Philippe SENDEROS
Jordi AMAT Maas6Ander MURILLO García
Lenell JOHN-LEWIS7Vladimír WEISS
Gylfi Ţór SIGURĐSSON8Pablo Daniel PIATTI
Theofanis GEKAS97GÖKHAN Ünal
Nassim BEN KHALIFA106Alexander MERKEL
Václav KADLEC116Leroy LITA
Manager
Adilson Tavares Varela, CABRAL12
Fabricio Martin Agosto Ramírez, FABRI13RENAN Brito Soares
IBAI Gómez Pérez14Dudley CAMPBELL
Jonas ELMER15Lee LUCAS
Ezequiel Matías MUŃOZ16Manuele BLASI

Preston North End 0 Cardiff City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 33,611, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Martin PENICKA 7)
Scorers27 Merkel, 61 Piatti
Substitutions
Sendings off
34 Amat, 46 John-LewisBookings5 Merkel, 16 Gökhan, 73 Lita
2Corners2
11Fouls23
6Offsides6
14Shots on9
10Shots off7
24Total shots16
14Shots saved7
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Roberto SORIANO
5A poor challenge gets MERKEL a yellow card.
8JANTSCHKE ran onto a delightful ball from SHELVEY but hit his shot wide.
10SHELVEY stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
16GÖKHAN cautioned by the ref.
22A shot from ROSI was smothered by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
27GOAL!! Uncertainty between M'BENGUE and RULLI allowed MERKEL to crack the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Cardiff City)
32The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Preston North End's SIGURĐSSON.
34AMAT booked.
43The Cardiff City 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from GEKAS.
45A accurate pass was collected by PIATTI and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
45A weak strike from WEISS rolled agonisingly wide.
 
46JOHN-LEWIS given a yellow card by the ref for a poor foul.
50BEN KHALIFA worked the ball to SHELVEY, SIGURĐSSON controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
51SIGURĐSSON's shot was well held by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
52A shot from GÖKHAN held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
53A right foot shot from M'BENGUE was saved by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
61GOAL!! An imaginative SENDEROS played a wonderful ball down the left to PIATTI who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-0 Cardiff City)
71A cross from SORIANO left MURILLO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
73The referee books LITA for dangerous play against AMAT.
81A good effort from JANTSCHKE scraped the outside of the post.
88A twenty yard drive from GEKAS caused IRAIZOZ little difficulty.
89A drive from KADLEC seemed a certain goal but the Cardiff City 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.