Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 10 March 2018
Result
Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City
Championship · Saturday 10 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Cardiff City 3-2 Birmingham City: match report
Cardiff City won against Birmingham City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 10 March 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (12') and Craig Bryson (23'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 70 points from 35 and Birmingham City 22nd on 30 points from 36. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 46.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Bennett of Cardiff City (8.9), ahead of Sol Bamba (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
- 23'Goal · Craig Bryson
- 55'Yellow card · Marko Grujić
- 58'Yellow card · Sol Bamba
- 68'Yellow card · Harlee Dean
- 78'Yellow card · N. Etheridge
- 88'Yellow card · Michael Morrison
- 90+6'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)
Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Callum Paterson, Craig Bryson, Marko Grujić, Kenneth Zohore, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Junior Hoilett
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, C. Jenkinson, Michael Morrison, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Craig Gardner, Jacques Maghoma, Jota Peleteiro, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Sam Gallagher