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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 24 (setup 6, season 21)
Cardiff City
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Aidan HARRIS61Joe BURSIK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Callum PATERSON27Tendayi DARIKWA
Elseid HYSAJ536Lloyd KELLY
Tonny Emilio Trindade de VILHENA4Kieran DOWELL
Joël MATIP757Cédric KIPRÉ
Curtis NELSON6Kal NAISMITH
Rubin COLWILL7Jamal LOWE
Thomas LEMAR86Tahith CHONG
Nabil FEKIR97ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Naby Deco KEÏTA10Joe GELHARDT
Connor WICKHAM116Joël PIROE
Manager
Joe RALLS12Graeme SHINNIE
Ollie DENHAM13Joe WILLIAMS
Niels NKOUNKOU14Josh MAGENNIS
Vontae CAMPBELL15Tom PEARCE
Robert GLATZEL16Luke BRENNAN

Cardiff City 4 Wigan Athletic 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 26,763, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 6½)
1 Fekir, 7 Colwill, 55 Lemar, 78 ColwillScorers11 Kelly, 56 Roberto Firmino
62 Hysaj <=> CampbellSubstitutions53 Darikwa <=> Magennis
Sendings off
36 Keïta, 42 Nelson, 69 FekirBookings62 Piroe
10Corners5
20Fouls5
6Offsides6
5Shots on3
8Shots off6
13Total shots9
1Shots saved1
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Josh MAGENNIS
1GOAL!! An imaginative HYSAJ played a delightful ball down the right to FEKIR who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Cardiff City)
3Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled ROBERTO FIRMINO to volley the ball over.
7GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was cleverly blasted into the top corner by COLWILL. (2-0 Cardiff City)
11GOAL!! A weak shot from KELLY seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (2-1 Cardiff City)
13KEÏTA flicked a simple chance past the near post.
18CHONG kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
19A poor strike from FEKIR rolled agonisingly wide.
23LEMAR headed just beyond the far post.
25The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot.
30WICKHAM beat two Wigan Athletic players and blasted a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
31A accurate pass was collected by GELHARDT and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
36KEÏTA receives a yellow card by the ref.
40An exceptional effort from LOWE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
42The ref books NELSON for dangerous play against CHONG.
 
47FEKIR beat LOWE and drove the ball to COLWILL who toe-poked his shot wide.
55GOAL!! A long clearance by the Cardiff City 'keeper beat the Wigan Athletic defence and LEMAR blasted the ball beyond the oncoming Wigan Athletic 'keeper. (3-1 Cardiff City)
56GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was nodded in at the near post by ROBERTO FIRMINO. (3-2 Cardiff City)
62PIROE receives a yellow card for a poor tackle.
66A free-kick from WICKHAM floated just wide.
69FEKIR cautioned by SINGH for a clumsy foul.
78GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled COLWILL to run through the Wigan Athletic defence and score. (4-2 Cardiff City)
79A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Cardiff City 'keeper.
82A cross from VILHENA left PATERSON in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
85GELHARDT made space on the right and dragged the ball to LOWE who touched the ball over.
89A penalty box meleé resulted in ROBERTO FIRMINO cracking the ball over.
90FEKIR snapped at a simple chance.