Bristol City 2-3 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017
Result
Bristol City 2-3 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol City 2-3 Cardiff City: match report
Bristol City were beaten by Cardiff City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 14 January 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bristol City's goals came from an own goal by B. Murphy (51') and Tammy Abraham (78'). Cardiff City scored through Alberto Suárez (74', penalty), K. Harris (82') and Alberto Suárez (85').
Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 21st on 25 points from 25 and Cardiff City 18th on 29 points from 24. Bristol City went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.
Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Pilkington of Cardiff City (8.1), ahead of Joe Bryan (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 51'Own goal · B. Murphy
- 62'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 74'Penalty goal · Alberto Suárez
- 78'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 82'Goal · K. Harris
- 85'Goal · Alberto Suárez
- 90'Yellow card · M. Little
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Frank Fielding, Jens Hegeler, Aden Flint, Bailey Wright, Mark Little, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Joe Bryan, Callum O'Dowda, Milan Djuric, Tammy Abraham
Cardiff City line-up (5-3-2)
Brian Murphy, Lee Peltier, Matthew Connolly, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenneth Zohore