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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 8 (setup 5, season 17)
Sheffield Weds.
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Keiren WESTWOOD17VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Michele CANINI2MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Simone PADOIN73Yaroslav RAKITSKYI
Fernando Martin FORESTIERI4Ivan RAKITIC
Thomas MANFREDINI75José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
Ross WALLACE66Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
MARCO André da Silva Lopes MATIAS67Jermaine PENNANT
Mathieu VALBUENA87José Antonio REYES Calderón
Sergiu Florin BUS9Tim MATAVZ
David JONES710Scott BROWN
RUI Pedro da Rocha FONTE6116Robbie KEANE
Manager
Adam REACH12Idriss SAADI
Michael AGAZZI13David CORNELL
Tiberio GUARENTE14Joe RALLS
Gary HOOPER15Rickie LAMBERT
Barry BANNAN166Junior HOILETT

Sheffield Weds. 3 Cardiff City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 27,118, Stadium: Hillsborough, Referee: Mark HAYWOOD 6)
41 Rui Fonte, 80 Valbuena, 84 PadoinScorers19 Brown
Substitutions81 Brown <=> Hoilett
Sendings off
39 Manfredini, 43 Jones, 89 CaniniBookings68 Brown
3Corners1
21Fouls17
8Offsides8
7Shots on6
7Shots off9
14Total shots15
4Shots saved4
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
3A fine ball from CÁCERES on the right bobbled toward BROWN who mishit his shot over the bar.
5A strike from MÁRIO FERNANDES held no problem for WESTWOOD.
13A delightful save prevented REYES from scoring an exceptional goal.
16PADOIN snapped at a simple chance.
19GOAL!! With his back to goal BROWN wrong-footed the defence and stabbed the ball past the Sheffield Weds. 'keeper. (1-0 Cardiff City)
24WESTWOOD did well to hold onto a powerful strike from MÁRIO FERNANDES.
27The bemused VICENTE GUAITA could only watch as a backpass from RAKITIC fell just over.
30A weak strike from REYES trickled agonisingly wide.
31BUS booted the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
39MANFREDINI booked by the referee for a bad tackle.
41GOAL!! After some steady play on the right RUI FONTE came inside and fired the ball into the net. (1-1)
43JONES cautioned for a clinical tackle.
44A cross from RAKITIC left REYES in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
56MATAVZ's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Sheffield Weds. crossbar.
58The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful effort.
67The 'keeper parried a clever strike from VALBUENA.
67REYES stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
68BROWN booked.
69A good effort from MÁRIO FERNANDES scraped the upright.
80GOAL!! As CÁCERES was trying to hold back MARCO MATIAS the ball fell to VALBUENA who flicked the ball into the net. (2-1 Sheffield Weds.)
84GOAL!! After RUI FONTE was tripped the referee waved play-on and PADOIN went on to easily score. (3-1 Sheffield Weds.)
89HAYWOOD cautions CANINI.