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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 5, season 17)
Stoke City
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
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Lee GRANT1VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Christian TRÄSCH728MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Bruno MARTINS-INDI37Yaroslav RAKITSKYI
Darren FLETCHER4Ivan RAKITIC
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada58José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
Kurt ZOUMA66Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
Charlie ADAM7Jermaine PENNANT
Xherdan SHAQIRI787José Antonio REYES Calderón
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING696Tim MATAVZ
Saido BERAHINO610Joe RALLS
BOJAN Krkic Pérez116Robbie KEANE
Manager
Ryan SHAWCROSS12Idriss SAADI
FÁBIO Deivson Lopes Maciel13David CORNELL
Erik PIETERS14Craig NOONE
Kevin WIMMER15Junior HOILETT
Glen JOHNSON16Stuart O'KEEFE

Stoke City 0 Cardiff City 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 28,143, Stadium: Britannia, Referee: Phil CROSSLEY 6)
Scorers7 Ralls, 59 Matavz
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners4
11Fouls6
3Offsides1
5Shots on4
10Shots off6
15Total shots10
2Shots saved2
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
4CHOUPO-MOTING ran onto a wonderful ball from BERAHINO but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
5VICENTE GUAITA did well to hold onto an amazing strike from ALBIOL.
7GOAL!! A nice run by RAKITIC on the right was capped by a great cross which RALLS fired in at the far post. (1-0 Cardiff City)
12The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MARTINS-INDI fell just over.
13A useful ball from PENNANT on the left was collected by REYES who mishit his shot inches over.
13A weak shot from RAKITIC trickled agonisingly wide.
14BOJAN drove a looping shot wide from thirty yards out.
15VICENTE GUAITA was able to palm clear a wicked effort.
16A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled BERAHINO to volley the ball over.
21A accurate pass fell to PENNANT and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
23RALLS beat a number of Stoke City players and slammed a golden opportunity inches wide.
29A cross from RAKITIC left KEANE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
33A corner fell to MARTINS-INDI who flicked an effort wide.
36GRANT dived to his right to block a lovely shot from Cardiff City's RAKITIC.
 
48CHOUPO-MOTING made space on the left and knocked the ball to BOJAN who fired the ball wide.
50A penalty box meleé resulted in ALBIOL cracking the ball over.
54ADAM floated the ball to SHAQIRI who fired it over the bar.
57An exceptional effort from ADAM scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
59GOAL!! A shot from CÁCERES was kicked off the line only for MATAVZ to drive the ball in. (2-0 Cardiff City)
65A right foot shot from BOJAN was blocked by the 'keeper.
72REYES rushed through the Stoke City defence but shot straight at the Stoke City 'keeper.
74SHAQIRI dribbled round RAKITSKYI and flicked a weak shot over.
77BERAHINO beat ECUÉLÉ MANGA and fired the ball to BOJAN who fumbled his effort wide.
82VICENTE GUAITA parried a refined shot from BOJAN.
85BOJAN worked the ball to BERAHINO, MARTINS-INDI collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of VICENTE GUAITA.