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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 5 (setup 4, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Derby County
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS817Timo HILDEBRAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Curtis DAVIES2Bacary SAGNA
Joe BENNETT3Andre WISDOM
Ibrahim AFELLAY747Tom HUDDLESTONE
Rafael MARQUEZ Álvarez57Tomás HÜBSCHMAN
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON6Alex PEARCE
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez7Mihael MIKIC
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE88André SCHÜRRLE
Peter CROUCH89RICARDO de OLIVEIRA
Victor ANICHEBE610Matej VYDRA
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO11Tom LAWRENCE
Manager
Craig NOONE12David CORTÉS Caballero
Jonas LÖSSL13Ben AMOS
Stuart O'KEEFE14Johnny RUSSELL
Milan BAROS15Lloyd SAM
Matty KENNEDY16David NUGENT

Cardiff City 2 Derby County 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 15,415, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Graham LAWS 5½)
15 Buonanotte, 88 CrouchScorers
58 Anichebe <=> BarosSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners6
4Fouls3
3Offsides0
6Shots on4
8Shots off8
14Total shots12
4Shots saved4
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Joe BENNETT
1AFELLAY made space on the right and pulled the ball to BUONANOTTE who rasped the ball over.
7Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled SCHÜRRLE to blast an effort over the bar.
9KARIUS did well to hold onto a wicked strike from SCHÜRRLE.
11A penalty box scramble resulted in BUONANOTTE cracking a low shot over.
12MIKIC floated the ball to RICARDO OLIVEIRA who touched it over the bar.
13SAGNA shot over.
15GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled BUONANOTTE to hammer the ball home. (1-0 Cardiff City)
20A accurate pass fell to CROUCH and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
21A twenty-five yard drive from CROUCH caused the Derby County 'keeper little difficulty.
25SCHÜRRLE dribbled round DAVIES and stabbed a tame shot over the bar.
27BUONANOTTE hit a deadly shot wide from close range.
28A shot from DAVIES was nodded off the line by HÜBSCHMAN.
33The motionless Cardiff City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ANICHEBE dropped just over.
41KARIUS was able to claw away a fierce effort.
42A cross from GIOVANI left CROUCH in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
45GERVINHO ran onto a delightful ball from BUONANOTTE but blasted his shot wide of the righthand post.
 
47RICARDO OLIVEIRA rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
49A useful ball from SCHÜRRLE on the right found WISDOM who sliced his effort just wide.
60An exceptional effort from CROUCH scraped the outside of the righthand post.
63A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
66MIKIC's shot was well saved by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
79A free-kick from RICARDO OLIVEIRA went wide.
84HILDEBRAND saved a glorious shot from CROUCH.
86GIOVANI beat HUDDLESTONE and drilled the ball to CROUCH who toe-poked his shot wide.
88GOAL!! Unlucky GIOVANI hit the upright before CROUCH rifled the ball into the back of the net as WISDOM failed to clear. (2-0 Cardiff City)
90+1The 'keeper dived to his left to save an accurate shot from Derby County's RICARDO OLIVEIRA.