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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 31 (setup 4, season 28)
Cardiff City
v.
Southend United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS1Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Omar BOGLE827Gonzalo Alejandro JARA Reyes
Joe BENNETT836Joe BRYAN
Ibrahim AFELLAY84Muhamed BESIC
Loïc DAMOUR57Michael TURNER
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON666Ryan LEONARD
Matty KENNEDY67Charlie MAPES
Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING887CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent
Bobby DECORDOVA-REID9John GUIDETTI
Peter CROUCH7106Matt DERBYSHIRE
Danny WARD11Luke MOORE
Manager
Lee TOMLIN12Tom HOPPER
Jonas LÖSSL13Robbin RUITER
Rhys HEALEY14Ben COKER
Kenneth ZOHORE15Marc-Antoine FORTUNÉ
Gary MADINE16Stephen McLAUGHLIN

Cardiff City 2 Southend United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 15,495, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Rob SHOEBRIDGE 7)
68 Afellay, 90 Mendez-LaingScorers
52 Kennedy <=> ZohoreSubstitutions68 Bryan <=> Coker
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners1
4Fouls23
0Offsides1
4Shots on9
3Shots off9
7Total shots18
2Shots saved9
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Ben COKER
1A pin-point pass fell to DECORDOVA-REID and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
3A drive from MOORE seemed a certain goal but the Cardiff City 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
7The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from MOORE.
10A weak shot from CARLES GIL rolled agonisingly wide.
16TURNER fluffed an easy chance.
19MAPES beat four Cardiff City players and fired a great chance wide.
20BESIC made space on the right and dragged the ball to GUIDETTI who fired the ball wide.
22BOGLE shot over.
25TURNER rushed through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
27JARA's shot was well held by KARIUS.
29The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Southend United's JARA.
33CARLES GIL ran onto a great ball from BESIC but fired his effort wide of the lefthand post.
35A thirty yard shot from CARLES GIL caused KARIUS little difficulty.
43An exceptional strike from MENDEZ-LAING was dealt with by a useful block from GAZZANIGA.
 
48A header from BESIC was headed off the line by BOGLE.
55GAZZANIGA saved a curling shot from MENDEZ-LAING.
59A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled MAPES to volley an effort over.
61CARLES GIL was put clear by JARA and he stepped inside KARIUS but glanced his shot just wide.
67DECORDOVA-REID waltzed round DERBYSHIRE and flicked a poor shot wide.
68GOAL!! The creative WARD neatly flicked on a cross for AFELLAY to volley the ball in. (1-0 Cardiff City)
69An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of KARIUS by GUIDETTI.
74A deadly effort from MOORE was pushed round the post by KARIUS.
77A cross from BESIC left JARA in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
83DERBYSHIRE beat DAMOUR and hit the ball to MAPES who dragged his effort wide.
90GOAL!! A shot from MENDEZ-LAING bobbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Southend United 'keeper. (2-0 Cardiff City)