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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 45 (setup 4, season 28)
Bristol Rovers
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Mark BUNN16Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Luke CHAMBERS2Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
Fabio DAPRELÀ3Greg CUNNINGHAM
Sam HUTCHINSON4Víctor CAMARASA Ferrando
Aden FLINT657Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Tony CRAIG66Joe RALLS
Neil DANNS7Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Pawel WSZOLEK87Junior HOILETT
Idrissa SYLLA797Kenneth ZOHORE
Stefan PAYNE107Loïc DAMOUR
Tadanari LEE6116Danny WARD
Manager
Sam MATTHEWS12Lee TOMLIN
Rhys TAYLOR13Lee CAMP
Gavin REILLY14Armand TRAORÉ
Ashley NICHOLLS158Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
Alex JAKUBIAK16Ibrahim AFELLAY

Bristol Rovers 0 Cardiff City 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,830, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 6½)
Scorers28 Hoilett, 42 Hoilett, 67 Mendez-Laing
Substitutions49 Hoilett <=> Mendez-Laing
Sendings off
Bookings69 Damour
5Corners4
3Fouls8
1Offsides1
4Shots on7
2Shots off6
6Total shots13
4Shots saved4
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
5ZOHORE's shot was well held by BUNN.
9A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming KARIUS.
12A weak strike from DAMOUR trickled agonisingly wide.
15The Bristol Rovers 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing shot.
16The bemused Bristol Rovers 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WSZOLEK dropped just over.
18KARIUS dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Bristol Rovers's SYLLA.
28GOAL!! A patient Cardiff City side were rewarded with a lovely shot from HOILETT. (1-0 Cardiff City)
30SYLLA flicked a right foot shot inches wide from thirty yards out.
31A shot from SYLLA was smothered by KARIUS.
33A header by HOILETT at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
35HOILETT shot over.
42GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of HOILETT who blasted the ball past the helpless BUNN. (2-0 Cardiff City)
45A shot from HOILETT was headed off the line by DAPRELÀ.
 
47WARD made space on the left and touched the ball to HOILETT who fired the ball over.
53A mix up in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled MENDEZ-LAING to hit an effort inches over.
61A lovely cross from LEE, was nudged goalbound by DANNS only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
67GOAL!! GUNNARSSON made space for MENDEZ-LAING who, after an interchange of passes twenty yards out, glanced the ball past the 'keeper. (3-0 Cardiff City)
69FREESTONE yellow cards DAMOUR for dangerous play against LEE.
80A lovely effort from SYLLA scraped the upright.
88A penalty box scramble resulted in DAMOUR cracking a low shot wide.