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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 23 (setup 4, season 28)
West Ham United
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Ben ALNWICK71Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Michail ANTONIO2Omar BOGLE
Angelo OGBONNA3Joe BENNETT
Jack WILSHERE74Ibrahim AFELLAY
Winston REID75Loïc DAMOUR
Issa DIOP767Aron Einar GUNNARSSON
Edimilson FERNANDES76Matty KENNEDY
André AYEW87Nathaniel MENDEZ-LAING
Laurens DE BOCK96Bobby DECORDOVA-REID
Miguel Marcos Madera, MÍCHEL710Peter CROUCH
Isaiah BROWN611Danny WARD
Manager
Marcos Alberto ANGELERI12Lee TOMLIN
Daniel Giménez Hernández, DANI GIMÉNEZ13Jonas LÖSSL
Ravel MORRISON514Rhys HEALEY
Cyrus CHRISTIE15Kenneth ZOHORE
Sam McQUEEN16Gary MADINE

West Ham United 3 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 35,421, Stadium: London Stadium, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 7½)
15 Brown, 42 Ayew, 81 AyewScorers70 Mendez-Laing
67 De Bock <=> MorrisonSubstitutions
Sendings off
5 FernandesBookings
3Corners4
15Fouls7
1Offsides0
8Shots on3
10Shots off4
18Total shots7
5Shots saved2
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Joe BENNETT
1Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled DE BOCK to fire the ball over.
5FERNANDES receives a yellow card for a poor tackle on CROUCH.
7The 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from DAMOUR.
13A shot from AYEW held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
15GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, ANTONIO was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to BROWN to tuck in. (1-0 West Ham United)
17KENNEDY was put clear by DECORDOVA-REID and he nutmegged ALNWICK but thrust his shot wide.
19BROWN placed a right foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
23CROUCH beat four West Ham United players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
26AYEW headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
29The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from AYEW.
35The motionless ALNWICK stared in disbelief as a backpass from ANTONIO fell just wide.
41FERNANDES beat AFELLAY and flicked the ball to AYEW who fired his shot wide.
42GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Cardiff City 'keeper enabled AYEW to chip the ball into the empty net. (2-0 West Ham United)
44A penalty box meleé resulted in MÍCHEL driving a low shot over.
45The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from OGBONNA.
 
49AYEW rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
50A weak strike from AYEW rolled agonisingly wide.
55AYEW worked the ball to OGBONNA, MÍCHEL latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Cardiff City 'keeper.
58A drive from AYEW seemed a certain goal but the Cardiff City 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
61A lovely effort from DECORDOVA-REID scraped the outside of the righthand post.
62WILSHERE made space on the left and knocked the ball to MÍCHEL who rasped the ball over.
64A corner was collected by OGBONNA who forced an effort just wide.
70GOAL!! A patient Cardiff City side were rewarded with an accurate shot from MENDEZ-LAING. (2-1 West Ham United)
75AYEW ran onto a wonderful ball from MÍCHEL but hit his shot wide of the righthand post.
78A header from BENNETT was kicked off the line by ANTONIO.
81GOAL!! An inswinging corner booted out by AFELLAY was nudged into the back of the net by AYEW. (3-1 West Ham United)