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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 7 (setup 5, season 17)
Cardiff City
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero61Andreas ISAKSSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES82Heiko WESTERMANN
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI737Dedryck BOYATA
Ivan RAKITIC84Fernando Rubén GAGO
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva57Mathieu BODMER
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA66Rob HOLDING
Jermaine PENNANT677Patrick ROBERTS
José Antonio REYES Calderón787Jefferson Antonio MONTERO Vite
Tim MATAVZ797Nicklas BENDTNER
Scott BROWN610MARCELO de MATTOS Terra
Robbie KEANE611Salomon KALOU
Manager
Idriss SAADI12Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE
David CORNELL13Joe COLLISTER
Joe RALLS14Roy BEERENS
Rickie LAMBERT15Luis PEDRO
Junior HOILETT16Riccardo BROSCO

Cardiff City 2 Portsmouth 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 21,370, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 7, TV: highlights)
4 Rakitic, 12 KeaneScorers24 Kalou, 61 Montero
Substitutions
Sendings off
68 RakiticBookings44 Westermann, 78 Bodmer
4Corners3
11Fouls12
1Offsides1
7Shots on7
8Shots off6
15Total shots13
4Shots saved5
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
4GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was headed in at the near post by RAKITIC. (1-0 Cardiff City)
12A twenty yard drive from ROBERTS caused VICENTE GUAITA little difficulty.
12GOAL!! A CÁCERES run down the right resulted in a low cross for KEANE to tap in. (2-0 Cardiff City)
19The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked shot.
24A header by MATAVZ at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
24GOAL!! A scuffed BODMER shot found KALOU who made no mistake from just outside the area. (2-1 Cardiff City)
26MATAVZ was put clear by BROWN and he beat the Portsmouth 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
32The 'keeper saved a refined strike from BENDTNER.
32The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from RAKITIC.
37A right foot effort from BROWN was pushed round the post by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
44The ref cautions WESTERMANN for a clinical challenge.
45BROWN brought the ball round MONTERO and flicked a tame shot wide.
 
57A strike from BOYATA held little difficulty for VICENTE GUAITA.
58ROBERTS headed just wide.
61GOAL!! On the left wing MARCELO MATTOS collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for MONTERO to drill it into the back of the net. (2-2)
62A penalty box scramble resulted in MATAVZ driving a low shot wide.
63The hapless ISAKSSON could only watch as a backpass from WESTERMANN dropped just wide.
68RAKITIC booked for a bad challenge.
75BENDTNER ran onto a wonderful ball from GAGO but blasted his effort wide.
78BODMER booked for violent conduct.
87BOYATA clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
87KEANE shot wide.