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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 5, season 17)
Cardiff City
v.
Burton Albion
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero1Eloy ROOM
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES2Evgeni MAKEEV
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI36Kristof D'HAENE
Ivan RAKITIC47Timothy DERIJCK
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva5Serigne Modou KARA Mbodj
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA66Tomislav BARBARIC
Jermaine PENNANT77Christoph MORITZ
José Antonio REYES Calderón8Amir ABRASHI
Tim MATAVZ9Liam BOYCE
Scott BROWN107Jackson IRVINE
Robbie KEANE7116Gohi Bi Zoro CYRIAC
Manager
Idriss SAADI12Ben TURNER
David CORNELL13Jamie LANGFIELD
Joe RALLS14Matt PALMER
Rickie LAMBERT615Tom NAYLOR
Junior HOILETT166Marko SCEPOVIC

Cardiff City 1 Burton Albion 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 21,418, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Graham SALISBURY 7)
78 BrownScorers
78 Rakitic <=> LambertSubstitutions78 D'Haene <=> Scepovic
Sendings off
27 Ecuélé MangaBookings
5Corners4
9Fouls9
6Offsides9
9Shots on3
6Shots off3
15Total shots6
5Shots saved3
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
3The Burton Albion 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely shot from Cardiff City's MATAVZ.
16An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by RAKITSKYI.
18A shot from ABRASHI was kicked off the line by CÁCERES.
21DERIJCK steamed through the Cardiff City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
23A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Burton Albion 'keeper.
27ECUÉLÉ MANGA booked by SALISBURY for a poor tackle.
31RAKITSKYI ran onto a great ball from REYES but dragged his shot wide.
33A penalty box scramble resulted in MORITZ driving a low shot over.
38The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from RAKITSKYI.
40DERIJCK worked the ball to CYRIAC, MORITZ latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Cardiff City 'keeper.
42A looping shot from KEANE was pushed round the post by the Burton Albion 'keeper.
43RAKITSKYI snapped at a simple chance.
45+2A shot from REYES held little difficulty for the Burton Albion 'keeper.
 
50A mix up in the Burton Albion defence enabled CÁCERES to hit an effort over.
51A cross from REYES left PENNANT in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
63BROWN clipped the ball through a ruck of players but ROOM was a match for it as he dived to his left.
66A good ball from BARBARIC on the left found ABRASHI who sliced his shot wide.
75BROWN beat two Burton Albion players and fired a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
78GOAL!! With his back to goal BROWN wrong-footed the defence and poked the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Cardiff City)
81RAKITSKYI's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Burton Albion post.
83ECUÉLÉ MANGA stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
87DERIJCK was put clear by MORITZ and he pulled away from the Cardiff City 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.