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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 2 (setup 4, season 34)
Cardiff City
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Alex SMITHIES18Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Leandro BACUNA826Barry DOUGLAS
Joe BENNETT737Amari'i BELL
Will VAULKS84Kasey PALMER
Aden FLINT75Vegard FORREN
Filip BENKOVIC66JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Josh MURPHY57Richard SMALLWOOD
Joe RALLS78Bradley JOHNSON
Danny WARD96Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Lee TOMLIN10Rhys WILLIAMS
Junior HOILETT6116Dan BUTTERWORTH
Manager
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA12Sam HART
Neil ETHERIDGE136Dominic SAMUEL
Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING14Jack RODWELL
Callum PATERSON715Harry CHAPMAN
Cameron COXE16Vilius PILIUKAITIS

Cardiff City 4 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 14,740, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Tony BATES 5½)
15 Ralls, 26 Hoilett, 29 Ralls, 66 RallsScorers
67 Murphy <=> PatersonSubstitutions58 Brereton Díaz <=> Chapman, 82 Bell <=> Samuel
Sendings off
Bookings6 Palmer, 43 Johnson, 88 Williams
5Corners0
3Fouls16
3Offsides9
6Shots on2
11Shots off4
17Total shots6
1Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
6The ref yellow cards PALMER.
9TOMLIN's shot was well held by NYLAND.
11The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stopped a lovely strike from VAULKS.
15GOAL!! A shot from RALLS dribbled through a ruck of players and rolled past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-0 Cardiff City)
21A free-kick from SMALLWOOD raced over the bar.
26GOAL!! A beautiful outswinging corner was nodded in at the far post by HOILETT. (2-0 Cardiff City)
29GOAL!! A delightful run from BACUNA gave WARD space on the right and RALLS poked in his pin-point pass. (3-0 Cardiff City)
32BENNETT shot wide.
36BELL beat three Cardiff City players and slammed a golden opportunity just wide.
39A poor shot from BRERETON DÍAZ rolled agonisingly wide.
41A penalty box scramble resulted in WARD cracking a low shot wide.
43JOHNSON booked for a clinical challenge.
44VAULKS was put clear by BENKOVIC and he turned NYLAND but struck his shot wide.
 
48A pin-point pass found JOHNSON and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
55A wonderful save prevented WILLIAMS from scoring a lovely goal.
57The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JORGE TEIXEIRA dropped just wide.
61RALLS flicked a simple chance past the near post.
66GOAL!! A long ball from BENKOVIC had the Blackburn Rovers defence back-pedalling and RALLS made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (4-0 Cardiff City)
72A cross from VAULKS left WARD in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
76HOILETT knocked the ball to RALLS who forced it over.
77RALLS snapped at a simple chance.
81A useful ball from TOMLIN on the right bobbled toward BENKOVIC who sliced his shot over the bar.
83BENKOVIC ran onto a wonderful ball from TOMLIN but hit his shot wide.
86The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Blackburn Rovers's DOUGLAS.
87VAULKS made space on the left and touched the ball to PATERSON who touched the ball over.
88WILLIAMS given a yellow card for a high tackle on BACUNA.