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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 32 (setup 4, season 27)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Mark BUNN16Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD72Greg HALFORD
Fabio DAPRELÀ836Joe BENNETT
Sam HUTCHINSON74Ibrahim AFELLAY
Russell MARTIN75Mathieu BODMER
Luke CHAMBERS66Armand TRAORÉ
Neil DANNS678GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez
Pawel WSZOLEK87Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
Kevin KYLE797Peter CROUCH
Idrissa SYLLA6106Victor ANICHEBE
Tadanari LEE611Milan BAROS
Manager
Freddie SEARS12Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Rhys TAYLOR13Jonas LÖSSL
Luke RODGERS14Matty KENNEDY
Liam LAWRENCE15Craig NOONE
Paul HUNTINGTON16Dimitar BERBATOV

Bristol Rovers 1 Cardiff City 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,722, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Lee MASON 6½)
90 KyleScorers35 Crouch, 41 Gervinho, 90+1 Crouch
Substitutions71 Bennett <=> Berbatov
Sendings off
82 SyllaBookings
4Corners3
14Fouls8
7Offsides2
7Shots on6
3Shots off9
10Total shots15
6Shots saved3
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez
1KYLE shot wide.
2Uncertainty in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled CROUCH to hammer the ball inches over.
12BUNN saved a neatly crafted shot from HALFORD.
15CROUCH scuffed a simple chance.
17KARIUS was able to palm clear a weak shot from KYLE.
22A deadly shot from WSZOLEK was saved by KARIUS.
27A free-kick from ANICHEBE went wide.
31KYLE ran onto a wonderful ball from SYLLA but fired his effort wide.
35GOAL!! Cardiff City's CROUCH beat four defenders before firing just inside BUNN's righthand post. (1-0 Cardiff City)
37SYLLA touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
41GOAL!! A sliced CROUCH shot fell to GERVINHO who made no mistake from just outside the area. (2-0 Cardiff City)
44CROUCH headed just beyond the near post.
45+2An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Bristol Rovers 'keeper by HALFORD.
 
48A wonderful save prevented WSZOLEK from scoring a lovely goal.
49The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked shot.
50KYLE's shot was well held by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
58AFELLAY chipped the ball to GERVINHO who forced it just beyond the near post.
62GERVINHO beat MARTIN and blasted the ball to CROUCH who fired his shot wide.
63A useful ball from HALFORD on the right was collected by GIOVANI who scuffed his shot wide.
68WSZOLEK drilled a right foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
82MASON books SYLLA.
84A penalty box meleé resulted in GERVINHO driving the ball over.
89A shot from GIOVANI was kicked off the line by ALEXANDER-ARNOLD.
89BAROS flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
90GOAL!! A shot from KYLE which the 'keeper managed to claw away was deemed over the line and MASON awarded the goal. (2-1 Cardiff City)
90+1GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by DAPRELÀ was slammed into the net by CROUCH. (3-1 Cardiff City)