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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 8 (setup 4, season 28)
Southend United
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Paulo Dino GAZZANIGA1Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Gonzalo Alejandro JARA Reyes727Cameron COXE
Ben COKER63Joe BENNETT
Stephen McLAUGHLIN747Ibrahim AFELLAY
Jos HOOIVELD57Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Anton FERDINAND66Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Charlie MAPES777Matty KENNEDY
CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent787Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO
John GUIDETTI9Peter CROUCH
Matt DERBYSHIRE106Kenneth ZOHORE
Simon COX117Lee TOMLIN
Manager
Ryan LEONARD12Joe RALLS
Robbin RUITER13Jonas LÖSSL
Tom HOPPER146Armand TRAORÉ
Michael TURNER15Danny WARD
Jermaine McGLASHAN167Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING

Southend United 0 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 13,298, Stadium: Roots Hall, Referee: Iain WILLIAMSON 8)
Scorers18 Afellay
Substitutions66 Afellay <=> Mendez-Laing, 82 Gervinho <=> Traoré
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners2
6Fouls11
1Offsides1
3Shots on2
9Shots off7
12Total shots9
3Shots saved1
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Loris KARIUS
2A shot from GUIDETTI was smothered by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
7The Cardiff City 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from CARLES GIL.
17COXE was put clear by BENNETT and he nutmegged the Southend United 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
18GOAL!! A deep cross from KENNEDY on the left was headed home by AFELLAY after a great leap. (1-0 Cardiff City)
19GUIDETTI headed inches over.
24GERVINHO dribbled round JARA and stroked a poor shot wide.
35The bemused Cardiff City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from GERVINHO dropped just over.
42GUIDETTI booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
 
47CROUCH flicked an easy chance past the near post.
55AFELLAY floated the ball to TOMLIN who fired it inches over.
57A pin-point pass bobbled toward GUIDETTI and his left foot effort floated narrowly over.
58KENNEDY made space on the right and touched the ball to CROUCH who clipped the ball over.
62A poor strike from COKER rolled agonisingly wide.
66Uncertainty in the Southend United defence enabled CROUCH to hammer an effort over.
67A wonderful save prevented GUIDETTI from scoring a good goal.
68A good effort from CROUCH scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
69A cross from DERBYSHIRE left GUIDETTI in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
79A looping shot from GERVINHO was saved by GAZZANIGA.
83A corner found COX who turned an effort just wide.
83FERDINAND rushed a simple chance.
88A free-kick from GUIDETTI went inches wide.