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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 12 (setup 4, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS1Tim KRUL
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Curtis DAVIES2Calum CHAMBERS
Joe BENNETT37José HOLEBAS
Mathieu BODMER4Adam CLAYTON
Rafael MARQUEZ Álvarez57Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON67George FRIEND
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez777Héctor FONT Romero
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE8Lewis BAKER
Peter CROUCH79Seydou DOUMBIA
Victor ANICHEBE610Rey VOLPATO
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO11Patrick BAMFORD
Manager
Craig NOONE12Adam FORSHAW
Jonas LÖSSL13Andreas ISAKSSON
Stuart O'KEEFE14Rudy GESTEDE
Milan BAROS15Roman PAVLYUCHENKO
Matty KENNEDY616Matty FRYATT

Cardiff City 1 Middlesbrough 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 15,503, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Pavel NOVOTNÝ 5½)
32 BuonanotteScorers55 Chambers
73 Davies <=> KennedySubstitutions
Sendings off
61 GunnarssonBookings30 Chambers
4Corners3
6Fouls12
0Offsides1
7Shots on4
12Shots off4
19Total shots8
5Shots saved3
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Mathieu BODMER
3KRUL did well to hold onto an amazing shot from CROUCH.
11The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from BUONANOTTE.
17GIOVANI snapped at an easy chance.
20BUONANOTTE made space on the left and pulled the ball to MARQUEZ who fired the ball over.
23BENNETT dummied AYALA but knocked the ball into the arms of the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
28BUONANOTTE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
30CHAMBERS booked by the referee for a clumsy tackle.
32GOAL!! A delightful drive from GERVINHO was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as BUONANOTTE who fired the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Cardiff City)
34A poor shot from DOUMBIA trickled agonisingly wide.
35A free-kick from CROUCH flew just wide.
35A good effort from BUONANOTTE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
37A accurate pass fell to GIOVANI and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
39ANICHEBE chipped the ball to CROUCH who touched it just wide.
 
48A shot from VOLPATO was smothered by KARIUS.
52A fine ball from GUNNARSSON on the right bobbled toward ANICHEBE who sliced his shot over the bar.
55GOAL!! After being forced wide CHAMBERS was able to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
56A corner was collected by CROUCH who fired the ball inches over.
61NOVOTNÝ yellow cards GUNNARSSON.
62CLAYTON shot over.
76BUONANOTTE was put clear by GUNNARSSON and he turned the Middlesbrough 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
82Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled CROUCH to hit an effort over the bar.
84AYALA beat two Cardiff City players and slammed a shot inches wide.