AFC Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 December 2014
Result
AFC Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 13 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
AFC Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff City: match report
AFC Bournemouth beat Cardiff City 5-3 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2014. The half-time score was 3-1.
Matt Ritchie opened the scoring in the 1st minute. AFC Bournemouth's goals came from Matt Ritchie (1'), Harry Arter (43'), Marc Pugh (45+2'), Yann Kermorgant (67') and Callum Wilson (89'). Cardiff City scored through K. Jones (45+1'), S. Morrison (48') and S. Morrison (78').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game AFC Bournemouth were 3rd on 36 points from 20 and Cardiff City 8th on 30 points from 20. AFC Bournemouth went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 62.
AFC Bournemouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match AFC Bournemouth's last five read W-D-D-D-W and Cardiff City's D-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Matt Ritchie
- 43'Goal · Harry Arter
- 45+1'Goal · K. Jones
- 45+2'Goal · Marc Pugh
- 48'Goal · S. Morrison
- 67'Goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 78'Goal · S. Morrison
- 89'Goal · Callum Wilson
Team news
AFC Bournemouth expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Cook, Simon Francis, Ian Harte, Harry Arter, Andrew Surman, Tokelo Rantie, Lewis Grabban, Jack Collison, Elliott Ward
Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Fábio, John Brayford, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Steven Caulker, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Anthony Pilkington