Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 November 2013
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City
Premier League · Saturday 9 November 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City: match report
Aston Villa won against Cardiff City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 November 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
L. Bacuna opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from L. Bacuna (76') and Libor Kozák (84'). Cardiff City did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 11th on 12 points from 10 and Cardiff City 13th on 12 points from 10. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Cardiff City 20th with 29.
Aston Villa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Cardiff City's W-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 75'Yellow card · G. Medel
- 76'Goal · L. Bacuna
- 84'Goal · Libor Kozák
- 90+5'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (3-5-2)
Brad Guzan, Ciaran Clark, Ron Vlaar, Nathan Baker, Leandro Bacuna, Yacouba Sylla, Ashley Westwood, Karim El Ahmadi, Aleksandăr Tonev, Libor Kozák, Christian Benteke
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Txiki Acaz, Kévin Théophile-Catherine, Steven Caulker, Ben Turner, Andrew Taylor, Gary Medel, D. Cowie, Aron Gunnarsson, Peter Whittingham, Craig Bellamy, Peter Odemwingie