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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 4, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Bristol Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS717Tom HEATON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Curtis DAVIES728Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
Joe BENNETT73Fabio DAPRELÀ
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE64Sam HUTCHINSON
Mathieu BODMER757Russell MARTIN
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON666Luke CHAMBERS
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez77Liam LAWRENCE
Ibrahim AFELLAY8Pawel WSZOLEK
Peter CROUCH96Kevin KYLE
Victor ANICHEBE6106Freddie SEARS
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO117Tadanari LEE
Manager
Craig NOONE12Paul HUNTINGTON
Jonas LÖSSL13Mark BUNN
Stuart O'KEEFE14Idrissa SYLLA
Dimitar BERBATOV15Luke RODGERS
Matty KENNEDY816Gary SAWYER

Cardiff City 2 Bristol Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 15,466, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6)
3 Crouch, 86 CrouchScorers80 Daprelà
59 Buonanotte <=> KennedySubstitutions
Sendings off
8 Bodmer, 87 BennettBookings26 Sears, 45 Wszolek, 79 Chambers
2Corners2
11Fouls10
4Offsides7
5Shots on6
8Shots off9
13Total shots15
2Shots saved5
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
3GOAL!! A strike from CROUCH which the Bristol Rovers 'keeper was able to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and SINGH awarded the goal. (1-0 Cardiff City)
8SINGH yellow cards BODMER.
24The motionless Bristol Rovers 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from LAWRENCE dropped just wide.
26A clinical foul gets SEARS a yellow card.
33Uncertainty in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled BUONANOTTE to thump an effort inches over.
42A good effort from BODMER scraped the upright.
44LEE headed inches over.
45WSZOLEK booked for a clinical tackle.
 
46KYLE fluffed an easy chance.
48The 'keeper saved a clever shot from GIOVANI.
51A delightful save prevented LAWRENCE from scoring a great goal.
54A penalty box scramble resulted in KYLE driving the ball wide.
56A good ball from GIOVANI on the right found CROUCH who mishit his shot just beyond the near post.
70AFELLAY hoofed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
71HUTCHINSON beat ANICHEBE and flicked the ball to KYLE who blasted his shot wide.
72KENNEDY shot over.
72LAWRENCE floated the ball to LEE who fired it over the bar.
77A header by KYLE at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
79The ref cautions CHAMBERS for dangerous play against ANICHEBE.
80GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled DAPRELÀ to run through the Cardiff City defence and score. (1-1)
86GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled CROUCH to drive the ball home. (2-1 Cardiff City)
87BENNETT booked for a bad challenge on SEARS.