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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 5, season 18)
Cardiff City
v.
Gillingham
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
VICENTE GUAITA Panadero1Bernd LENO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES82Roberto José ROSALES Altuve
Yaroslav RAKITSKYI73Marcel SCHMELZER
Ivan RAKITIC74JOÃO PEDRO Geraldino dos Santos Galvão
José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva75Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Souleymane BAMBA66Tony JANTSCHKE
Jermaine PENNANT676Adam MAHER
José Antonio REYES Calderón78Muamer TANKOVIC
Tim MATAVZ9Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín
Scott BROWN7106Ádám SZALAI
Idriss SAADI11Santiago Mina Lorenzo, SANTI MINA
Manager
Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA12Davide SANTON
David CORNELL13Salvatore SIRIGU
Junior HOILETT14Ted BISHOP
Joe RALLS15Billy KNOTT
Robbie KEANE166Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar

Cardiff City 1 Gillingham 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,291, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 6½)
16 MatavzScorers
Substitutions79 Rosales <=> Hernández
Sendings off
Bookings1 Rosales, 43 Maher, 82 Tankovic
3Corners5
11Fouls11
0Offsides2
4Shots on3
6Shots off8
10Total shots11
3Shots saved3
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
1The ref books ROSALES.
10MATAVZ dribbled past ROSALES and rattled a poor shot wide.
11A useful ball from MATAVZ on the right bobbled toward RAKITSKYI who sliced his shot wide.
13SAADI beat MAHER but nudged the ball into the arms of the Gillingham 'keeper.
14A strike from MATAVZ held no problem for the Gillingham 'keeper.
16GOAL!! A long ball from MÁRIO FERNANDES down the middle bobbled toward the lurking MATAVZ who drove a deadly shot in off the post. (1-0 Cardiff City)
18SANTI MINA beat RAKITSKYI and drilled the ball to MORATA who pulled his shot wide.
21The Cardiff City 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Gillingham's MAHER.
25A accurate pass bobbled toward MATAVZ and his left foot shot went narrowly wide.
30SANTI MINA snapped at a simple chance.
31ROSALES drilled a left foot shot wide from just outside the area.
34MORATA ran onto a delightful ball from MAHER but pulled his effort wide.
35PENNANT floated the ball to BROWN who turned it over the bar.
38A lovely effort from TANKOVIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
42TANKOVIC made space on the right and touched the ball to SZALAI who clipped the ball over.
43A late foul gets MAHER a yellow card.
45REYES touched the ball through a crowd of players but LENO was a match for it as he dived to his left.
 
49MORATA's shot beat VICENTE GUAITA but rebounded off the Cardiff City post.
55JOÃO PEDRO was put clear by JANTSCHKE and he nutmegged VICENTE GUAITA but rammed his shot inches wide.
57A penalty box scramble resulted in MATAVZ driving the ball wide.
74MAHER's shot was well saved by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
75MORATA flicked an easy chance past the far post.
82The ref books TANKOVIC for dangerous play against SAADI.
86A poor strike from REYES bounced agonisingly wide.