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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 7 (setup 5, season 18)
Darlington
v.
Cardiff City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Jan OBLAK1VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
HENRIQUE Adriano Buss726MÁRIO Figueira FERNANDES
Cristian MOLINARO737Yaroslav RAKITSKYI
Charles KABORÉ47Ivan RAKITIC
Taras BURLAK5José 'Martín' CÁCERES Silva
Patrick VAN AANHOLT66Souleymane BAMBA
Steven ZUBER76Jermaine PENNANT
Diego PEROTTI8José Antonio REYES Calderón
Marco Gastón RUBEN Rodríguez696Tim MATAVZ
David PIZARRO Cortés710Scott BROWN
Admir MEHMEDI116Idriss SAADI
Manager
Valentin STOCKER12Bruno ECUÉLÉ MANGA
Giorgi MAKARIDZE13David CORNELL
Artur SOBIECH14Junior HOILETT
Aleksandrs CAUNA15Joe RALLS
Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS16Robbie KEANE

Darlington 3 Cardiff City 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 46,566, Stadium: Heritage Park, Referee: RUI CARLOS Madureira 8)
8 Ruben, 27 Pizarro, 67 PerottiScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
16 Mehmedi, 68 HenriqueBookings6 Cáceres
3Corners3
9Fouls23
3Offsides5
5Shots on7
12Shots off7
17Total shots14
2Shots saved6
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Patrick VAN AANHOLT
6The referee books CÁCERES.
8GOAL!! A terrible backpass by MÁRIO FERNANDES enabled RUBEN to run in and crack the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Darlington)
11A left foot shot from MEHMEDI was forced wide by the Cardiff City 'keeper.
12An exceptional shot from SAADI was dealt with by a good parry from the Darlington 'keeper.
14The stunned Cardiff City 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from CÁCERES dropped just wide.
16MEHMEDI receives a yellow card for a late tackle.
19OBLAK did well to hold onto a wicked shot from RAKITIC.
22PEROTTI drove a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
27GOAL!! A long clearance by the Darlington 'keeper beat the Cardiff City defence and PIZARRO drove the ball beyond the advancing 'keeper. (2-0 Darlington)
 
50A header by BAMBA at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
61A good ball from REYES on the left was collected by SAADI who sliced his shot over.
66RUBEN booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
67GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled PEROTTI to crack the ball home. (3-0 Darlington)
67BROWN ran onto a great ball from PENNANT but pulled his effort wide.
68HENRIQUE receives a yellow card by RUI CARLOS.
73MOLINARO shot wide.
75A corner found RUBEN who turned the ball over.
79A header from PEROTTI was booted off the line by RAKITSKYI.
84A cross from BROWN left RAKITIC in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
87RUBEN beat RAKITIC and drove the ball to ZUBER who blasted his shot wide.
90PEROTTI made space on the left and touched the ball to RUBEN who rasped the ball wide.
90+1REYES clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Darlington 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.