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3¹ MARCHISIO was put clear by ERNST and he stepped inside the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide. 3¹ MARCHISIO ran onto a delightful ball from ERNST but hit his effort wide of the goal. 13¹ GRAFITE rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post. 17¹ GRAFITE headed wide. 18¹ MARCHIONNI beat HREIÐARSSON and blasted the ball to DE GUZMAN who pulled his shot wide. 19¹ GOAL!! A strike from OLIC was cleared off the line only for MARCHISIO to fire the ball home. (1-0 WBA) 24¹ A poor strike from MARCHISIO bounced agonisingly wide. 24¹ GOAL!! A long ball from MARCHISIO down the middle bobbled toward the lurking ERNST who hit a looping shot into the roof of the net. (2-0 WBA) 32¹ FRED worked the ball to KEITA, MacDONALD collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the WBA 'keeper. 45¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from FRED. 0² GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from MARCHIONNI gave ERNST space on the left and GRAFITE rifled in his accurate pass. (3-0 WBA) 5² Uncertainty in the Cardiff City defence enabled MARCHISIO to crack an effort just beyond the near post. 9² GOAL!! A terrible backpass by REVEILLÈRE enabled FRED to nip in and hammer the ball past ADLER. (3-1 WBA) 12² GRAFITE hit a right foot shot just wide from close range. 15² MARCHISIO booked for violent conduct. 18² MacDONALD waltzed round DISTIN and flicked a weak shot into the crowd. 19² The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot. 28² A penalty box meleé resulted in RENATO tapping the ball wide. 32² ERNST beat three Cardiff City players and blasted a golden opportunity wide. 36² GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by MOTTA was tapped into the net by MARCHISIO. (4-1 WBA) 38² A lovely effort from LUIZÃO scraped the outside of the righthand post. 40² GOAL!! A neat one-two left OLIC clear and he made no mistake by skillfully floating the ball past the oncoming Cardiff City 'keeper. (5-1 WBA)

WBA   League position: 3 Home league form: WXXW Overall league form: WWWXXWWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups René ADLER 7½ 1 6½ Tom WHITTAKER Antoine REVEILLÈRE 8  2 7  Jack HOBBS (c)Sylvain DISTIN 4½ 3 6½ Hjálmar JÓNSSON Fabian ERNST 7½ 4 6½ Seydou KEITA(c) LUIZÃO 8  5 6  Hermann HREIÐARSSON Richard DUNNE 7  6 6  Darcy BLAKE Jonathan DE GUZMAN 8  7 6  RENATO Dirnei Claudio MARCHISIO 7½ 8 5½ Alex MacDONALD (p)GRAFITE 6½ 9 6  FRED(p) (f)Marco MARCHIONNI 6  10 6½ Thiago MOTTA(f) Ivica OLIC 7½ 11 6  Diomansy KAMARÀ Manager Jonathan BIABIANY    12    Michael JOHNSON FERNANDO José MEIRA    13    Luca RIGONI Robert PIRÈS    14    Michael CHOPRA Johan DJOUROU    15    Peter RAMAGE Sylvain ARMAND 6  16    Oliver GILL

Cardiff City   League position: 20 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: LLWLXLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

WBA 5 Cardiff City 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 27,995, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: Iain Williamson 6) Marchisio 19¹, Ernst 24¹, Grafite 0², Marchisio 36², Olic 40² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Fred 9² DistinóArmand 26²       Marchisio 15²   6 4 6 18 11 3 5 4 14 3 19 7 0 3 56% 44% ¶ Man of the match: Luizão ¶