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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 5, season 17)
Cardiff City
v.
Fulham
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero61Julian SPERONI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES82Mirko OREMUS
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI737Benoît TRÉMOULINAS
Ivan RAKITIC47Jermaine JONES
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva756Fernando AMOREBIETA Mardaras
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA66Ragnar SIGURÐSSON
Jermaine PENNANT77Tom CAIRNEY
José Antonio REYES Calderón787Alexander KACANIKLIC
Tim MATAVZ89Chris MARTIN
Scott BROWN106Kevin McDONALD
Robbie KEANE117Moussa DEMBÉLÉ
Manager
Idriss SAADI12Ryan FREDERICKS
David CORNELL13Joe LEWIS
Joe RALLS14Lasse VIGEN Christensen
Rickie LAMBERT15Tim REAM
Junior HOILETT166Camilo Sebastián MAYADA Mesa

Cardiff City 3 Fulham 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,261, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 6)
5 Reyes, 45 Mário Fernandes, 86p MatavzScorers16 Martin
66 Rakitic <=> LambertSubstitutions54 Kacaniklic <=> Vigen, 79 Dembélé <=> Mayada
Sendings off
57 ReyesBookings
2Corners1
10Fouls11
3Offsides6
9Shots on3
11Shots off8
20Total shots11
6Shots saved2
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
2A pin-point pass found KACANIKLIC and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
5GOAL!! Unlucky KEANE hit the upright before REYES stabbed the ball into the net as MCDONALD failed to clear. (1-0 Cardiff City)
12REYES's shot beat SPERONI but rebounded off the Fulham woodwork.
12JONES made space on the left and pulled the ball to MARTIN who rasped the ball over.
16GOAL!! A wonderful shot from DEMBÉLÉ was punched clear by the Cardiff City 'keeper only as far as MARTIN who lashed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-1)
18The Fulham 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from MATAVZ.
20KACANIKLIC rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
22MÁRIO FERNANDES ran onto a great ball from REYES but fumbled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
36A refined cross from KEANE, was tapped goalbound by MATAVZ only for SPERONI to block.
45GOAL!! A long goal-kick from ECUÉLÉ MANGA caught the Fulham defence square and MÁRIO FERNANDES ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Cardiff City)
 
46MARTIN shot over.
47MATAVZ beat KACANIKLIC and placed the ball to BROWN who fired his shot wide.
48A good effort from RAKITSKYI scraped the outside of the post.
49MATAVZ chipped the ball to MÁRIO FERNANDES who turned it wide.
57The referee cautions REYES for a clinical foul.
61TRÉMOULINAS beat four Cardiff City players and stroked a great chance inches over.
73A fine ball from KEANE on the left found MATAVZ who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
74REYES dribbled away from OREMUS and rattled a tame shot past the post.
78The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate shot from Fulham's MARTIN.
80A free-kick from LAMBERT went wide.
86GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Cardiff City, after OREMUS had fouled REYES, which MATAVZ easily converted.
89A cross from BROWN left MATAVZ in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.