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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 26 (setup 1, season 29)
Rotherham United
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Óscar PÉREZ Rojas617Ron-Robert ZIELER
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Chris GUNTER72Davide ZAPPACOSTA
Luke SHAW3Domenico CRISCITO
Karim EL AHMADI84Rúben Afonso Borges SEMEDO
FELIPE Aliste Lopes56Lamine KONÉ
Kirk BROADFOOT667Aymen ABDENNOUR
Alberto 'Facundo' COSTA777Emanuele GIACCHERINI
Joe NEWELL8Thiago MOTTA
Emmanuel Chinenye EMENIKE797Robin VAN PERSIE
Ognjen VUKOJEVIC6107Valère GERMAIN
Gary HOOPER711Iñaki WILLIAMS Arthuer
ManagerChris Barber
Alberto DE LA BELLA Madueno12Florian THAUVIN
Logan BAILLY13Benoît COSTIL
Daniel González GÜIZA614RÚBEN Miguel Nunes VEZO
Tom THORPE15Leonardo Bonatini Lohner Maia, LÉO BONATINI
Stephen IRELAND16Maarten STEKELENBURG

Rotherham United 0 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 18,426, Stadium: New York, Referee: Anthony TAYLOR 6½)
Scorers79og Costa
83 Gunter <=> GüizaSubstitutions
Sendings off
29 Pérez, 50 VukojevicBookings52 Abdennour
7Corners7
8Fouls9
6Offsides15
3Shots on7
8Shots off9
11Total shots16
2Shots saved6
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Karim EL AHMADI
6WILLIAMS waltzed away from SHAW and stroked a tame shot into the crowd.
7GERMAIN ran onto a great ball from SEMEDO but pulled his shot wide.
12A neatly crafted cross from MOTTA, was blasted goalbound by VAN PERSIE only for the 'keeper to claw away.
15NEWELL hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
25A cross from EL AHMADI left NEWELL in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
28A shot from NEWELL was smothered by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
29PÉREZ cautioned for a clumsy challenge.
38A header by VAN PERSIE at the near post was easily collected by PÉREZ.
39A looping shot from VUKOJEVIC was saved by ZIELER.
 
50VUKOJEVIC receives a yellow card by the ref.
52The ref yellow cards ABDENNOUR for a clinical foul.
55A fine ball from VAN PERSIE on the right found CRISCITO who scuffed his effort over.
61An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by CRISCITO.
67GIACCHERINI snapped at a simple chance.
68A accurate pass found KONÉ and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
71CRISCITO shot over.
73A weak shot from GERMAIN trickled agonisingly wide.
74EMENIKE whacked a deadly shot inches over from close range.
79GOAL!! A long drive from ZAPPACOSTA deflected off the boot of COSTA and into his own net.
79A good effort from EMENIKE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
80VUKOJEVIC beat GIACCHERINI and whacked the ball to HOOPER who hit his shot wide.
87A free-kick from ZAPPACOSTA flew just beyond the far post.