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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 29 (setup 4, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Stoke City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS818Jack BUTLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Greg HALFORD27Brian WILSON
Joe BENNETT3Scott MALONE
Mathieu BODMER47Charlie ADAM
Rafael MARQUEZ Álvarez757Ryan SHAWCROSS
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON66Kurt ZOUMA
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez67John OSTER
Ibrahim AFELLAY86Gary McSHEFFREY
Peter CROUCH79Adama DIOMANDE
Victor ANICHEBE107Stephen IRELAND
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO611Saido BERAHINO
Manager
Armand TRAORÉ12Nikolay BODUROV
Jonas LÖSSL13Lee GRANT
Milan BAROS14CHO Won-hee
Craig NOONE15Jobi McANUFF
Dimitar BERBATOV16Paul TAYLOR

Cardiff City 1 Stoke City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 15,417, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 6)
50 CrouchScorers
Substitutions72 Adam <=> Cho
Sendings off
11 AfellayBookings35 Oster, 52 Zouma, 63 Diomande, 69 Adam, 83 McSheffrey
6Corners3
10Fouls22
5Offsides5
6Shots on8
7Shots off6
13Total shots14
5Shots saved7
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Jack BUTLAND
4The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from ADAM.
9GERVINHO knocked the ball to AFELLAY who nodded it over.
11A bad challenge on SHAWCROSS by AFELLAY results in a booking.
13The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from AFELLAY.
20A poor strike from WILSON rolled agonisingly wide.
21WILSON ran onto a wonderful ball from IRELAND but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
23GERVINHO worked the ball to AFELLAY, CROUCH collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Stoke City 'keeper.
24A header by DIOMANDE at the far post was comfortably collected by KARIUS.
31A delightful save prevented CROUCH from scoring a lovely goal.
35The referee yellow cards OSTER.
44SHAWCROSS rushed through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at KARIUS.
 
49MARQUEZ beat two Stoke City players and stroked a shot wide.
50GOAL!! . (1-0 Cardiff City)
52ZOUMA booked for a poor challenge on BENNETT.
60A drive from MALONE seemed a certain goal but KARIUS managed to force the ball clear.
63DIOMANDE booked for a bad challenge.
69ADAM booked.
72ANICHEBE headed just beyond the near post.
76A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Cardiff City 'keeper.
79BODMER made space on the right and touched the ball to AFELLAY who rasped the ball over.
81MALONE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cardiff City post.
83MCSHEFFREY booked by the referee.